MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics70.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive235% 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190306
Uptime2 Days
Run DateJun 04 '19 at 18:33
Run Duration204 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th 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 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 88.7
1-Core 117
2-Core 232
82% 146 Pts
4-Core 458
8-Core 739
73% 599 Pts
64-Core 921
57% 921 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
70.9% Very good
Lighting 93.7
Reflection 82.2
Parallax 73.9
76% 83.3 fps
MRender 71.5
Gravity 77.1
Splatting 72.6
60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 62%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 73%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37
344GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1078 854 855 858 856 857 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
235% Outstanding
Read 1,923
Write 2,122
Mixed 1,684
SusWrite 893
372% 1,655 MB/s
4K Read 45.2
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 64.4
221% 80.7 MB/s
DQ Read 959
DQ Write 618
DQ Mixed 854
619% 810 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 235%
Great: 284%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39
447GB free
Firmware: X41200RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 485 486 361 312 293 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 502
Write 480
Mixed 348
SusWrite 403
97% 433 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 82.3
4K Mixed 44.7
154% 53.9 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 250
214% 316 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 108%
Great: 108%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50
624GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 126 127 126 127 127 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
65.4% Good
Read 102
Write 101
Mixed 71.5
SusWrite 126
74% 99.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 65.4%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
112% Outstanding
MC Read 45.3
MC Write 41.7
MC Mixed 35.6
117% 40.9 GB/s
SC Read 26.6
SC Write 41.8
SC Mixed 30.8
94% 33.1 GB/s
Latency 68.8
58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 112%
Great: 111%

 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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