MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% 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	135% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '20 at 22:12
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 205 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 753 67% 569 Pts	64-Core 1,100 68% 1,100 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8728) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 138 Parallax 144 117% 142 fps	MRender 164 Gravity 120 Splatting 98.4 101% 127 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 689 557 295 501 540 514 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 635 Write 915 Mixed 1,070 SusWrite 516 178% 784 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 32.5 150% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 842 DQ Write 648 DQ Mixed 688 530% 726 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 262%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 18GB free Firmware: Z33130RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 463 Write 422 Mixed 379 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 21.4 104% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 33.4 72% 146 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 130GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 112 112 111 111 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 170 Write 167 Mixed 97.8 SusWrite 111 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 662GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 194 194 194 192 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 174 Mixed 119 SusWrite 193 123% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D32AESTK.M8FE1 BLS8G4D32AESTK.M8FE BLS8G4D32AESTK.M8FE1 BLS8G4D32AESTK.M8FE 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 27.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.7 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 113%

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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