MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '19 at 02:32
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 74.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 646 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 78%

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: 19.6.2 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.3% Very good	Lighting 82 Reflection 88.6 Parallax 139 67% 103 fps	MRender 87.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 126 89% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$50 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 418 412 416 417 416 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 448 Mixed 398 SusWrite 414 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 41.1 150% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 121 160% 288 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 127%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power16G 16GB 427 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 11GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 4.4 6.6 7.7 7.2 7.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	8.68% Terrible	Read 25.5 Write 7.8 Mixed 4 SusWrite 6.3 12% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 63% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.68% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 43.9 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 34.7 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 27.4 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 91.2 44% 91.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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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 7,307 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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	234x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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	248x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $716

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16