MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.4% 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	341% 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

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 22:05
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 78.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 292 93% 173 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 907 92% 748 Pts	64-Core 1,101 68% 1,101 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.8.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 86.2 Parallax 162 92% 120 fps	MRender 84.1 Gravity 117 Splatting 122 90% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2327 821 832 834 838 834 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	341% Outstanding	Read 2,713 Write 2,571 Mixed 1,902 SusWrite 1,081 463% 2,067 MB/s	4K Read 73.7 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 104 346% 123 MB/s	DQ Read 1,398 DQ Write 1,259 DQ Mixed 1,314 989% 1,323 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 341% Great: 355%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 112GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 204 204 204 204 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 494 Write 204 Mixed 204 SusWrite 204 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 14.1 119% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 79 91% 156 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 78%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 903GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 126 132 132 131 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 74.4 Write 117 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 128 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 207% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04HEEE35-12-K 2x8GB 937 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 31.6 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 30.9 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 79%

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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 7,282 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	1,088x
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