MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 03:11
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 75.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 76% 138 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 659 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 886 55% 886 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.2.2 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75 Reflection 55.1 Parallax 88 61% 72.7 fps	MRender 58.3 Gravity 80 Splatting 73.4 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 651GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 105 109 105 95 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 107 Write 107 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 99.1 69% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 65%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 490GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 148 167 152 146 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 161 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 154 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 109%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 32GB-$5 2,740 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 26GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 24 24 26 24 24 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 29.7 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 24.9 40% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.9 61% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 25.9 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 89.3 45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 104%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,284 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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	434x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	233x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16