MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '19 at 17:17
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 82.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 776 80% 644 Pts	64-Core 961 60% 961 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3816) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 116 Parallax 260 114% 172 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 135 Splatting 159 114% 136 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hs-ssd-e100 128G 128GB 2,388 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0222A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 55 65 77 61 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 492 Write 441 Mixed 402 SusWrite 106 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 1.2 62% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 1.1 69% 160 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 813GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 173 172 174 174 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 162 Mixed 112 SusWrite 173 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 1x8GB 3,646 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 20.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

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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 7,312 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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	860x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 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 $79Bench 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	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16