MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics69.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive44.6% 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.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory3.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181219
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 27 '19 at 18:43
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU 23%
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 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
65% Good
Memory 72.6
1-Core 99.2
2-Core 190
68% 121 Pts
4-Core 309
8-Core 563
52% 436 Pts
64-Core 851
53% 851 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 65%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
69.5% Good
Lighting 86.4
Reflection 82.8
Parallax 74.3
70% 81.2 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 79.9
Splatting 72.7
68% 84.5 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 69.5%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42
125GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 9.2 81 91 128 122 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
44.6% Average
Read 418
Write 332
Mixed 216
SusWrite 118
60% 271 MB/s
4K Read 17.4
4K Write 30.2
4K Mixed 10.7
56% 19.4 MB/s
DQ Read 107
DQ Write 78.3
DQ Mixed 39.6
44% 75.1 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 44.6%
Great: 55%
TDK LoR TF10 8GB
4GB free, PID 0619
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.4 2.6 5.4 6.9 6.9 6.9 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
8.21% Terrible
Read 25.8
Write 7
Mixed 10
SusWrite 5.2
13% 12 MB/s
4K Read 6.3
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.5
61% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 8.21%
Great: 9%
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 (65th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
86.3% Excellent
MC Read 36.4
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 32.6
93% 32.6 GB/s
SC Read 18.3
SC Write 22.7
SC Mixed 20.9
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 95.4
42% 95.4 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 86.3%
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 7,282 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: $703
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