MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '20 at 00:10
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 232 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 733 69% 572 Pts	64-Core 949 59% 949 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2507 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 145 Parallax 135 109% 138 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,502 Write 1470 Mixed 1,043 367% 1,672 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 79.7 272% 97 MB/s	DQ Read 914 DQ Write 802 DQ Mixed 849 639% 855 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 49GB free Firmware: SAFM13.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 226 317 387 276 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 451 Mixed 390 SusWrite 304 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 37.2 132% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 202 191% 296 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 98%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 7GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 328 Write 162 Mixed 348 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 10.4 60% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 16.2 61% 132 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 86%
HFS256G32TNF-N2A2A 256GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 127GB free Firmware: 70060P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 231 231 232 231 232 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 468 Mixed 423 SusWrite 266 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 42.3 145% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 328 255% 348 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 104%
SSD 1TB 9,059 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 770GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 434 441 462 465 462 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 350 Write 106 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 447 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 11.1 51% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 14 DQ Write 15.5 DQ Mixed 14.7 11% 14.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 103%
Dell Recovery USB 8GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 7GB free, PID 0338 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 11.8 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 11.9 19% 17.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1.3 81% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 27.2 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 104%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,284 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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
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 $130Bench 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 $182	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) $30	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