MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


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 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '19 at 21:24
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 696 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 944 58% 944 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.8% Very good	Lighting 88.3 Reflection 95 Parallax 80.2 72% 87.9 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 95.8 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 39 3.4 19 129 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 459 Write 330 Mixed 164 SusWrite 76.8 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 19 75% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 68.5 DQ Mixed 38.7 43% 74.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 56%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 126GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 63 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 61.9 Write 62.3 Mixed 44.6 SusWrite 62.5 43% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 43%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 323GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 89 90 90 90 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 119 Write 105 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 89 72% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.2 194% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 74%

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 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.9 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 33.8 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 27.7 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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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 7,292 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	435x
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 $45Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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