MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics96% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateAug 21 '18 at 20:01
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User THA-User
Background CPU 23%

 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
76.3% Very good
Memory 80.1
1-Core 117
2-Core 233
80% 143 Pts
4-Core 390
8-Core 654
64% 522 Pts
64-Core 777
48% 777 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
96% Outstanding
Lighting 123
Reflection 135
Parallax 118
101% 125 fps
MRender 96.2
Gravity 119
Splatting 104
87% 106 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 96%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM91.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 416 411 409 431 425 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
818GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 166 163 168 167 168 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
96.3% Outstanding
Read 169
Write 158
Mixed 72.2
SusWrite 167
103% 142 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 96.3%
Great: 114%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB
191GB free
Firmware: 0143
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 98 96 98 98 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
56% Above average
Read 97.5
Write 65.2
Mixed 54.5
SusWrite 97.3
58% 78.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 56%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
91.2% Outstanding
MC Read 36.7
MC Write 32
MC Mixed 31
95% 33.2 GB/s
SC Read 22.6
SC Write 31.2
SC Mixed 25.5
76% 26.4 GB/s
Latency 80.3
50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 91.2%
Great: 94%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,290 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $732
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