MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 109%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 99%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics142% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive66.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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)
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181219
Uptime3.1 Days
Run DateOct 04 '20 at 08:50
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing below expectations (40th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
76.4% Very good
Memory 77.5
1-Core 104
2-Core 198
72% 127 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 621
64% 513 Pts
64-Core 861
53% 861 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 76.4%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$625
Nvidia(10DE 1467) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 456.55
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
142% Outstanding
Lighting 188
Reflection 195
Parallax 171
153% 185 fps
MRender 255
Gravity 200
Splatting 124
150% 193 fps
Poor: 163%
This bench: 142%
Great: 202%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X6107000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 134 100 86 94 112 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
66.1% Good
Read 363
Write 244
Mixed 85
SusWrite 115
44% 202 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 75.7
4K Mixed 22.2
112% 42.1 MB/s
DQ Read 366
DQ Write 150
DQ Mixed 182
155% 233 MB/s
Poor: 70%
This bench: 66.1%
Great: 119%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
43GB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 315 237 218 206 196 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 473
Write 471
Mixed 453
SusWrite 272
94% 417 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 85
4K Mixed 47.7
160% 56 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 362
DQ Mixed 371
280% 374 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 102%
Great: 133%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
82.4% Excellent
MC Read 32.3
MC Write 29.7
MC Mixed 28.2
86% 30.1 GB/s
SC Read 20.3
SC Write 26.3
SC Mixed 23.9
67% 23.5 GB/s
Latency 85.4
47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 88%

 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 7,293 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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