MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.3% 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	138% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '19 at 15:02
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 75.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 219 75% 135 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 653 65% 527 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.1% 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: 19.10.16 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 87.8 Reflection 82.9 Parallax 103 72% 91.1 fps	MRender 87.3 Gravity 111 Splatting 128 91% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS3030 1000GB SSD 1,899 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 428GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS303121 SusWrite @10s intervals: 812 935 966 950 770 569 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 248 Write 1,757 Mixed 485 SusWrite 834 191% 831 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 40.6 147% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 871 DQ Write 584 DQ Mixed 744 550% 733 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 280%
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 139GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 289 108 123 108 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 472 Write 419 Mixed 356 SusWrite 184 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 39.9 151% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 212 184% 271 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 473GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 96 92 91 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 86.3 Write 84.9 Mixed 60 SusWrite 93.5 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 34,561 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 31.4 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 25.4 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 111%

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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 7,292 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 $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
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	435x
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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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