MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics1.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive130% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (21%). 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 @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180803
Uptime1.5 Days
Run DateSep 22 '18 at 12:17
Run Duration198 Seconds
Run User ITA-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd 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 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
87.5% Excellent
Memory 84.7
1-Core 126
2-Core 247
85% 153 Pts
4-Core 486
8-Core 774
77% 630 Pts
64-Core 992
61% 992 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610
PNY(196E 0000) 1GB
CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
1.73% Terrible
Lighting 2.17
Reflection 2.62
Parallax 0.62
2% 1.8 fps
MRender 2.29
Gravity 2.2
Splatting 1.74
2% 2.07 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 1.73%
Great: 2%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53
186GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E8FK11.L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 543 262 264 264 265 264 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
130% Outstanding
Read 825
Write 848
Mixed 793
SusWrite 310
156% 694 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 99.7
4K Mixed 43.6
158% 58.6 MB/s
DQ Read 639
DQ Write 684
DQ Mixed 590
464% 638 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 130%
Great: 141%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159
455GB free
Firmware: GM4OA57A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 90 91 91 91 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
51.9% Above average
Read 89.9
Write 86.2
Mixed 49.8
SusWrite 90.6
58% 79.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 51.9%
Great: 51%
Seagate ST160LM003 HN-M160MBB 160GB
146GB free
Firmware: 2AR10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 0.8 0.4 0.5 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
19.7% Very poor
Read 68
Write 99.8
Mixed 5
SusWrite 0.7
31% 43.4 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0
6% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 19.7%
Great: 53%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
109% Outstanding
MC Read 44.5
MC Write 39.8
MC Mixed 35.2
114% 39.8 GB/s
SC Read 26.5
SC Write 40.8
SC Mixed 28.7
91% 32 GB/s
Latency 72.3
55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 109%
Great: 109%

 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 7,310 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: 73% - Very good Total price: $721
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