MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics76.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190722
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 02 '19 at 13:31
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User IRL-User
Background CPU4%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
78.4% Very good
Memory 78.9
1-Core 104
2-Core 209
73% 130 Pts
4-Core 419
8-Core 681
67% 550 Pts
64-Core 860
53% 860 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 78.4%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
76.3% Very good
Lighting 92.7
Reflection 104
Parallax 80.8
76% 92.5 fps
MRender 93.8
Gravity 92.8
Splatting 97.4
78% 94.7 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90
49GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 139 161 131 89 102 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
58.6% Above average
Read 453
Write 319
Mixed 294
SusWrite 141
67% 302 MB/s
4K Read 13.9
4K Write 62.1
4K Mixed 29.6
92% 35.2 MB/s
DQ Read 35.6
DQ Write 88
DQ Mixed 45.9
40% 56.5 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 58.6%
Great: 100%
Seagate ST31000524NS 1TB-$94
718GB free
Firmware: SN12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 100 86 86 94 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
64.4% Good
Read 123
Write 105
Mixed 62
SusWrite 101
72% 97.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 64.4%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing below potential (96th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
103% Outstanding
MC Read 40.4
MC Write 39.4
MC Mixed 33.5
108% 37.8 GB/s
SC Read 21.9
SC Write 38.5
SC Mixed 29
85% 29.8 GB/s
Latency 82.6
48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 103%
Great: 102%

 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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