MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '19 at 23:00
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 74.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 644 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 906 56% 906 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.8.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Lighting 62.7 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 80.5 51% 69.8 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 54.3 49% 61 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate SSD 250GB 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 146GB free Firmware: ST8S1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 280 280 280 280 281 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 420 Mixed 378 SusWrite 284 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 44.3 162% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 199 178% 267 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 5.3 65 43 103 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 456 Write 373 Mixed 300 SusWrite 82.8 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 9.8 41% 10.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 56%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 224GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 117 117 116 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 120 Write 108 Mixed 111 SusWrite 116 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 1,164 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 36.5 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 38.9 43% 32 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 30% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43BB2-CRC CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 16GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.2% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 26.1 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 90.8 44% 90.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 89%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,290 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	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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

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 $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