MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	231% 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, 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '20 at 21:09
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 782 72% 602 Pts	64-Core 1,087 67% 1,087 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% XFX(1682 9587) CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 81 Parallax 99.8 64% 86.6 fps	MRender 76.8 Gravity 79.5 Splatting 63.7 59% 73.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 620 593 594 594 592 590 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,482 Write 2,326 Mixed 1,582 SusWrite 597 390% 1747 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 71.5 234% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 511 DQ Write 505 DQ Mixed 518 386% 511 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 286GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 481 484 485 484 484 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 483 Mixed 450 SusWrite 483 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 55.1 180% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 369 277% 368 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
WD Elements 25A3 10TB 3,723 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 9TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 196 187 188 191 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 194 Mixed 129 SusWrite 192 238% 175 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 9.3 4K Mixed 1 366% 4.87 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 6.3 DQ Mixed 1.3 260% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D32AEST.M16FE 2x16GB 1,147 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 37.7 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 33.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 74.8 53% 74.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 118%

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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 7,310 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	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $721

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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16