MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.6% 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	270% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '19 at 19:18
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 84.1 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 854 89% 713 Pts	64-Core 1,068 66% 1,068 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2067) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 106 Parallax 107 90% 108 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 102 Splatting 79.9 83% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 500GB 11,656 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1141 804 808 820 818 825 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,030 Write 2212 Mixed 1,722 SusWrite 869 384% 1,708 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 75.8 272% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,261 DQ Write 1,077 DQ Mixed 1155 869% 1,164 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 288%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 199GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 468 466 486 474 445 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 488 Mixed 419 SusWrite 469 106% 468 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 63.2 212% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 369 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 105 107 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 109 Write 105 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 105 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 76%
MB1000GCEEK 1TB 746 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 0GB free Firmware: HPG1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 141 Write 139 Mixed 122 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 36% Great: 79%
Monster MONSTER DIGITAL 32GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 25GB free, PID 4250 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 6.5 6.5 6.5 5.7 6.5 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 28.3 Write 18 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 7.3 25% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.6 112% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 34.5 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 34.4 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 73.3 54% 73.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 110%

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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 7,281 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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,087x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	434x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	233x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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