MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics110% 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.
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)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181219
Uptime3.5 Days
Run DateNov 15 '20 at 07:10
Run Duration300 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.1% Excellent
Memory 89
1-Core 120
2-Core 239
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 469
8-Core 745
75% 607 Pts
64-Core 957
59% 957 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88.1%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 118
Parallax 227
111% 160 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 131
Splatting 165
116% 138 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 110%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,134
Write 1,495
Mixed 97.5
202% 909 MB/s
4K Read 41.2
4K Write 75.9
4K Mixed 58.4
178% 58.5 MB/s
DQ Read 995
DQ Write 761
DQ Mixed 905
669% 887 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 277%
Amd-raid HGST HTS541010A9 1TB
333GB free
Firmware: JA0O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 88 88 90 90 90 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
47.7% Average
Read 77.8
Write 54.1
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 88.3
45% 62.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 37%
This bench: 47.7%
Great: 61%
Amd-raid ST31000520AS 1TB
676GB free
Firmware: CC38
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 109 109 111 112 112 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
64.9% Good
Read 117
Write 111
Mixed 46.6
SusWrite 109
70% 95.9 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
169% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 64.9%
Great: 65%
Amd-raid WDC WD15EARS-00M 1.5TB
620GB free
Firmware: 51.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 63 63 64 65 63 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
36.9% Below average
Read 66.1
Write 58.2
Mixed 24.8
SusWrite 62.6
38% 52.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 36.9%
Great: 64%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
110% Outstanding
MC Read 44.5
MC Write 40.8
MC Mixed 34.3
114% 39.9 GB/s
SC Read 26.4
SC Write 41.9
SC Mixed 29.5
93% 32.6 GB/s
Latency 68.5
58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%

 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 7,320 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: 76% - Very good Total price: $694
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