MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.1% 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	241% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '20 at 10:43
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 79.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 805 78% 643 Pts	64-Core 1,253 78% 1,253 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 114 Parallax 105 93% 111 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 81.8 84% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 776 455 450 443 438 429 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2410 Write 1919 Mixed 1,562 SusWrite 499 356% 1,597 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 75.4 248% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 954 DQ Write 675 DQ Mixed 872 636% 834 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 340%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 40GB free Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 163 168 167 164 167 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 338 Write 220 Mixed 245 SusWrite 167 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 38.8 132% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 136 125% 191 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 87%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 196GB free Firmware: GG2OA6C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 92 107 108 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.8 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 101 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 58%
Hitachi HDS721075DLE630 750GB 261 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 699GB free Firmware: MSJOA5Q0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 114 139 117 117 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 147 Write 112 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 118 72% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 81%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3TB free Firmware: MPAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 125 122 123 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 125 Write 125 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 123 71% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSCK.8FD 4x8GB 213 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 30.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 27 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 97%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,293 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	435x
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 $45Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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