MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.9% 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	35.3% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '19 at 16:48
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 228 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 674 67% 546 Pts	64-Core 893 55% 893 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 106 Parallax 99.4 78% 100 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 92.2 Splatting 95.9 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 90 2.7 16 2.7 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 400 Write 296 Mixed 218 SusWrite 35 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 6.8 47% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 61.8 DQ Mixed 25.5 35% 65 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 55%
Seagate ST31000322CS 1TB-$250 3,745 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 100GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 104 104 104 104 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 107 Write 102 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 104 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 62%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 2TB 4,801 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 246GB free Firmware: 0109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 104 110 110 110 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 62.5 Write 108 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 105 66% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.5 159% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 66%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 316GB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 59 60 60 59 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 42.5 Write 92 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 59.7 52% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.5 162% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 67%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 74GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 66 67 67 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 79.3 Write 81.5 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 66.2 93% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 28.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.5 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 111%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,281 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	1,087x
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 $46

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