MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 92.2%, 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 (65^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-$212 1,022,963 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 85.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 868 89% 700 Pts	64-Core 1,091 73% 1,091 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$230 188,249 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: 64% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 73%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$33 31,658 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 (23^rd 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: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$69 255,834 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^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: 62% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 110%

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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 30,406 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 48%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $225Bench 77%, 711,800 samples	7,978x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $212Bench 84%, 1,022,963 samples	5,366x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $420Bench 81%, 513,754 samples	4,074x

GPU
RX 580AMD $260Bench 55%, 786,143 samples	2,763x
RTX 2060Nvidia $390Bench 89%, 513,390 samples	2,404x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 105%, 344,394 samples	2,120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 106%, 654,465 samples	2,029x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 111%, 472,304 samples	1,114x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $100Bench 190%, 152,361 samples	953x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 82%, 563,874 samples	3,433x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $76Bench 85%, 495,390 samples	1,934x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $69Bench 85%, 255,834 samples	1,265x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $770

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $260	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $240	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16