MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% 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	92.3% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '19 at 23:30
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (88^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 689 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 922 57% 922 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 97 Reflection 88 Parallax 142 79% 109 fps	MRender 87.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 125 88% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 335 376 384 387 375 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 350 Write 318 Mixed 264 SusWrite 374 74% 327 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 44.3 140% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 252 189% 252 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 119%
Intel SSDSCKKF256H6 SATA 256GB 3,152 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 198GB free Firmware: LBFD07N SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 115 106 105 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 469 Write 412 Mixed 388 SusWrite 123 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 40.6 135% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 224 172% 233 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 83%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 35 33 34 34 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 485 Write 466 Mixed 391 SusWrite 67.2 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 48.5 166% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 232 184% 255 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 188 188 186 188 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 164 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 185 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (91^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 33.6 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 25.4 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.3% 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 7,284 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 $133	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