MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.9% 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	72.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '19 at 22:25
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 209 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 682 60% 509 Pts	64-Core 892 55% 892 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Sapphire(1DA2 E376) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 146 81% 112 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 104 Splatting 127 89% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Vi550 S3 SSD 256GB 1,488 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 110 63 64 63 65 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 427 Write 343 Mixed 335 SusWrite 115 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 29.8 123% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 169 154% 231 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 103%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 183 176 155 107 187 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 52.7 Write 157 Mixed 11 SusWrite 162 69% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 226% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 34.4 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 26.3 80% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 102%

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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 7,281 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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,087x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
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 $129Bench 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 $184	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) $35	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