MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.6% 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	122% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '19 at 11:52
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 89.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 843 82% 675 Pts	64-Core 1,059 66% 1,059 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Sapphire(1DA2 E376) CLim: 1665 MHz, MLim: 925 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 92.8 Parallax 169 97% 127 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 124 Splatting 132 96% 115 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.T Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 205 218 222 215 209 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 837 Write 845 Mixed 793 SusWrite 248 153% 681 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 43.8 155% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 637 DQ Write 528 DQ Mixed 486 390% 550 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 141%
Amd-raid Array 2 479GB 249 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 160GB free Firmware: 9.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 529 161 139 150 123 211 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 350 Write 181 Mixed 392 SusWrite 219 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 32.8 130% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 448 DQ Mixed 196 183% 273 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 162%
Amd-raid WDC WD10EZEX-00W 1TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 407GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 58 43 40 31 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 126 Write 107 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 54.7 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 34.3 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 26.6 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 29.8 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% 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 7,296 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 $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	857x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	339x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	435x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	234x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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