MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190705
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '19 at 21:14
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$190 93,887 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	1-Core 136 2-Core 271 96% 203 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 868 89% 700 Pts	64-Core 1,091 73% 1,091 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$210 32,423 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Zotac(19DA 2543) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 2014 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 288 Reflection 230 Parallax 261 76% 260 fps	MRender 146 Gravity 240 Splatting 182 64% 189 fps
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$22 18,903 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPDA SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 62 56 62 64 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 64 Mixed 48.4 SusWrite 61.1 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.8 344% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$65 90,333 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 34.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 34.2 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 109%

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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 27,079 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $111

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $115Bench 75%, 276,040 samples	9,518x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $145Bench 79%, 131,163 samples	4,733x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $190Bench 88%, 93,887 samples	3,477x

GPU
RX 580AMD $160Bench 57%, 304,098 samples	3,408x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 85%, 98,379 samples	2,083x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $280Bench 57%, 752,541 samples	1,967x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $60Bench 106%, 224,064 samples	2,210x
MX500 500GBCrucial $60Bench 108%, 69,895 samples	971x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 105,113 samples	842x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 84%, 285,104 samples	3,758x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 87%, 164,531 samples	1,973x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 87%, 90,333 samples	1,341x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $504

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24