MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '20 at 14:49
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 744 74% 603 Pts	64-Core 959 59% 959 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC7) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Lighting 93.6 Reflection 80 Parallax 66.4 76% 80 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 80.6 Splatting 76 62% 75.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 427 440 436 453 429 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 451 Mixed 424 SusWrite 431 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 39.3 129% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 95.7 DQ Mixed 186 151% 223 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 431GB free Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 429 440 437 451 420 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 446 Mixed 403 SusWrite 430 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 37.7 123% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 81.3 DQ Mixed 156 134% 206 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 747GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 192 197 190 201 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 196 Mixed 81 SusWrite 192 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%

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 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 33.1 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 27.7 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

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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 7,290 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	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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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) $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