MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.4% 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	103% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '19 at 18:58
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.05 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 89.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 822 81% 661 Pts	64-Core 1,032 64% 1,032 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 86%

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: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 88 Parallax 140 80% 109 fps	MRender 85.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 123 87% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDRE500GB 500GB 1,852 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1026A SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 414 417 423 423 424 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 421 Mixed 319 SusWrite 419 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 40.7 142% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 197 173% 256 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 137GB free Firmware: SBFA12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 116 100 102 100 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 465 Mixed 380 SusWrite 159 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 39.4 158% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 212 194% 294 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 109GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 67 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 75 Write 73.2 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 66.6 50% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 135GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 137 137 139 139 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 178 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 137 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 111GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 68 70 71 71 71 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 124 Write 120 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 70.1 69% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 46 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 36.4 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 27.6 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 31.9 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

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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