MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.8% 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	87.4% 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	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

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	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '20 at 05:55
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 237 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 751 75% 611 Pts	64-Core 952 59% 952 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.8% Very good	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 110 90% 112 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 0.13 48% 66.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 207 198 195 135 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 487 Write 452 Mixed 298 SusWrite 179 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 39.8 140% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 255 206% 292 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 101%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 125GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 362 312 312 311 314 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 467 Mixed 459 SusWrite 339 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 54.4 178% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 301 226% 302 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 56GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 58 58 59 58 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 156 Write 63.8 Mixed 85 SusWrite 58.5 20% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 28.9 109% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 81.8 DQ Write 60.1 DQ Mixed 69.9 52% 70.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 51%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 289GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 74 71 74 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 96 Write 71.2 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 74.1 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 60%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 165 165 163 165 165 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 152 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 165 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 31,785 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 31.4 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 26.4 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 119%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,292 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