MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 20 '19 at 02:28
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 742 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 946 58% 946 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1632 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 88.2 Parallax 146 84% 112 fps	MRender 86.5 Gravity 102 Splatting 126 88% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 240GB-$43 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 423 321 91 123 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 508 Write 470 Mixed 228 SusWrite 231 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 41.2 136% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 186 160% 239 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 114%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 143 149 144 145 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 162 Write 150 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 145 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 101%
WD WD100EMAZ-00WJTA0 10TB 2,620 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 170 172 164 173 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 180 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 169 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.9 261% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 113%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 80 78 77 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 87.1 Write 88.8 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 77.7 60% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 124 121 121 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 122 Write 130 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 123 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE 2x8GB 15,011 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 48.1 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 37.9 119% 41.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.5 SC Write 46.3 SC Mixed 30.2 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 113%

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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 $155Bench 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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

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 $177	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