MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive83% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory21.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200609
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateNov 04 '20 at 21:34
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 20%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
72.1% Very good
Memory 76
1-Core 102
2-Core 197
71% 125 Pts
4-Core 367
8-Core 660
62% 513 Pts
64-Core 1,053
65% 1,053 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 151
Parallax 128
114% 140 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 137
Splatting 112
99% 122 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata SU650 960GB
388GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q1122BS
SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 338 407 408 207 121 MB/s
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
83% Excellent
Read 492
Write 402
Mixed 324
SusWrite 303
85% 380 MB/s
4K Read 18.1
4K Write 75.9
4K Mixed 29.3
105% 41.1 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 218
181% 258 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 83%
Great: 100%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140
3.5TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 182 181 182 185 178 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 186
Mixed 73.1
SusWrite 181
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 3
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
303% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 105%
Great: 104%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 8GB
7GB free, PID 5575
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 8.3 10 11 11 11 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
9.4% Terrible
Read 25.1
Write 10.7
Mixed 5.7
SusWrite 10.3
15% 12.9 MB/s
4K Read 5.8
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.2
52% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 9.4%
Great: 14%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
82.1% Excellent
MC Read 32.1
MC Write 27.6
MC Mixed 28
84% 29.2 GB/s
SC Read 23.8
SC Write 31.1
SC Mixed 26.1
77% 27 GB/s
Latency 88.2
45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 82.1%
Great: 103%

 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 7,292 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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