MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% 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 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	209% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '19 at 20:01
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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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 4.05 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 762 77% 623 Pts	64-Core 976 60% 976 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.1% Good	Lighting 83.6 Reflection 78.4 Parallax 75.4 68% 79.2 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 79 Splatting 67.6 65% 81.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 864 904 915 924 921 921 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,401 Write 932 Mixed 888 SusWrite 908 231% 1,032 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 66.4 231% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 813 DQ Mixed 221 272% 462 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 242%
TEAML5Lite3D120G 120GB 2,389 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 111GB free Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 148 193 148 148 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 331 Mixed 404 SusWrite 172 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 53.6 178% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 124 141% 240 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 621GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 157 157 158 158 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 154 Mixed 93 SusWrite 156 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 109%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 464GB free Firmware: GM4OA57A SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 90 Write 88.3 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 90.6 58% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 33.3 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.5 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 28.4 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 106%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,289 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	1,750x
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	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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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