MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive277% 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.
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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200609
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMar 24 '21 at 04:04
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$84
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
81.8% Excellent
Memory 67.6
1-Core 146
2-Core 285
88% 166 Pts
4-Core 514
8-Core 832
82% 673 Pts
64-Core 1,032
64% 1,032 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 81.8%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 139
Parallax 128
104% 131 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 130
Splatting 116
98% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 853 529 513 506 494 478 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
277% Outstanding
Read 2,537
Write 2,139
Mixed 1,700
SusWrite 562
387% 1,734 MB/s
4K Read 64.1
4K Write 159
4K Mixed 86.5
292% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 1,236
DQ Write 1,030
DQ Mixed 1,120
842% 1,129 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 277%
Great: 340%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106
1TB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 135 136 135 136 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
91.4% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 156
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 136
90% 125 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1.9
353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 91.4%
Great: 110%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB
7GB free, PID c75d
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 9.6 9.5 9.1 9 8.5 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
10.9% Very poor
Read 32.1
Write 3
Mixed 10.5
SusWrite 9.2
14% 13.7 MB/s
4K Read 7.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
75% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 10.9%
Great: 11%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 3000 F4-3600C18-8GVK DDR4 3000 F4-3600C18-8GVK 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
67% Good
MC Read 27.3
MC Write 18
MC Mixed 26.4
68% 23.9 GB/s
SC Read 20.7
SC Write 17.8
SC Mixed 26.6
62% 21.7 GB/s
Latency 107
37% 107 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 67%
Great: 68%

 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 7,326 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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