MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.1% 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	88.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 07:11
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$189 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 788 78% 638 Pts	64-Core 906 56% 906 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% MSI(1462 3811) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 98.6 Parallax 218 96% 145 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 109 Splatting 134 95% 113 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 48 48 50 51 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 435 Write 342 Mixed 289 SusWrite 76.5 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 43.1 164% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 177 185% 304 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 66GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 311 311 311 309 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 469 Mixed 451 SusWrite 325 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 56.7 191% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 301 227% 303 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 129%
Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB 10,272 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 242GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 125 125 124 123 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 120 Write 43 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 124 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 47GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 104 113 114 108 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 98.5 Mixed 54 SusWrite 108 65% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 75%
WD Ext HDD 1021 1TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 180GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	3.13% Terrible	Read 4.2 Write 3.7 Mixed 4 SusWrite 4.1 6% 4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 32% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.13% Great: 17%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 681GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 97 98 95 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 95.2 Write 99.8 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 96.7 118% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$36 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (92^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	101% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 32.4 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 27.4 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,316 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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $699

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16