MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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 Drive	60.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '18 at 02:47
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 72.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 233 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 697 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 951 59% 951 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 144 Parallax 122 107% 132 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 130 Splatting 108 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Gigabyte(1458 353E) 2GB CLim: 941 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.31% Terrible	Lighting 8.43 Reflection 8 Parallax 8.78 7% 8.4 fps	MRender 8.14 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 10.9 8% 9.8 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.31% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 20 15 103 52 1.1 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 392 Write 188 Mixed 268 SusWrite 56.9 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 23.2 113% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 12.3 56% 123 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 85%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 57GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 307 305 306 305 306 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 394 Write 384 Mixed 353 SusWrite 315 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 28.5 93% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 143 107% 143 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 75%
Hitachi HCS5C1010DLE630 1TB 445 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 156GB free Firmware: MU2OA5R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 107 122 122 123 122 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 107 Write 18 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 119 47% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 55% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 124GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 93 94 93 94 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 93.2 68% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 88%
BUFFALO HD-PCTU3 1TB 1,031 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 520GB free, PID 01de Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 94 94 93 93 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 104 Write 81 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 92.6 111% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 259D 4TB 1,267 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 55 56 56 55 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 59 Write 51.5 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 55.4 71% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 40% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (93^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	99% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 31.9 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 26.7 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 95 42% 95 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 101%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,308 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16