MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.1% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '19 at 16:44
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 812 79% 647 Pts	64-Core 1,050 65% 1,050 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 114 66% 92.1 fps	MRender 78.4 Gravity 82.7 Splatting 65.6 61% 75.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Vaseky V900/128G 128GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 45 43 44 38 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 510 Write 431 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 62.1 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 13.9 4K Mixed 13.2 64% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 1.1 59% 137 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 176%
TEAML5Lite3D240G 240GB 6,836 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 177GB free Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 265 148 148 147 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 515 Write 389 Mixed 382 SusWrite 207 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 41.2 141% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 63.6 DQ Mixed 59.3 57% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 123%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 238GB free Firmware: CXZ74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1101 1126 1141 1138 1142 1144 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,223 Write 1,156 Mixed 789 SusWrite 1,132 242% 1,075 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 65.1 225% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,041 DQ Write 959 DQ Mixed 992 746% 997 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 292%
TEAML5Lite3D480G 480GB 4,595 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 60GB free Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 468 469 469 468 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 460 Mixed 406 SusWrite 468 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 48.4 163% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 103 149% 276 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 168GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 181 183 184 184 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 189 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 183 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 103GB free Firmware: 3.CHN SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 78 79 79 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 74.1 Write 48.4 Mixed 44.6 SusWrite 78.4 45% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 39GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 56 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 86.4 Write 87.4 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 56 94% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 65%

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 3466 MHz clocked @ 1733 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 48.3 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 36.9 122% 42.8 GB/s	SC Read 28.1 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 30.9 99% 34.8 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%

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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

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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 $134	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