MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71% 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. How to reduce background CPU.

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%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3600-$141 627,086 User benchmarks, average bench 81% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 85.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 920 93% 752 Pts	64-Core 1,080 67% 1,080 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$210 220,505 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Zotac(19DA 2543) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 2014 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	71% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 88.4 Parallax 81.7 78% 88.7 fps	MRender 69.5 Gravity 80.1 Splatting 79.2 63% 76.3 fps
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 73%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$22 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPDA SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 62 56 62 64 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd 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: 18% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (60^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: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 4,728 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 63%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $156Bench 73%, 326,117 samples	1,176x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $141Bench 81%, 627,086 samples	755x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 78%, 217,124 samples	571x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $243Bench 89%, 653,453 samples	385x
RX 580AMD $213Bench 55%, 853,084 samples	321x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,286,823 samples	229x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	291x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	195x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	158x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	438x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	276x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	177x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $450	Crucial MX500 250GB $38
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $399	Nvidia RTX 3050 $300	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $60	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $60	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $17