MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '19 at 03:43
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 77.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 748 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 941 58% 941 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 81%

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: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 93.2 Parallax 86.5 82% 93.3 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 89.2 Splatting 76.8 72% 90.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 466GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2247 619 616 616 613 617 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2517 Write 2,303 Mixed 1,731 SusWrite 888 416% 1,860 MB/s	4K Read 60.6 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 79.5 265% 91.6 MB/s	DQ Read 949 DQ Write 801 DQ Mixed 917 675% 889 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 340%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 125 137 134 142 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 154 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 137 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 105%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 2,552 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 6GB free, PID 00ee, PNY 16gb Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 5.5 8.5 7.8 7.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	6.38% Terrible	Read 26.5 Write 7.5 Mixed 8.7 SusWrite 7 14% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.38% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.8% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 26.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.8 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 104%

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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