MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% 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 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	120% 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.
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.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '19 at 01:50
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 78.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 231 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 676 70% 562 Pts	64-Core 963 60% 963 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 866D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 120 Parallax 124 104% 124 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 122 Splatting 97.5 102% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 424 320 320 321 319 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 493 Mixed 466 SusWrite 362 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.9 194% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 372 281% 376 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 756GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 187 194 189 193 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 182 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 191 119% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 27,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.4% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 25.9 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 107%

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

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,290 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	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	857x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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