MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.2% 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	275% 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

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	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '20 at 21:06
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 80.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 94% 176 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 952 94% 766 Pts	64-Core 1,408 87% 1,408 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 869D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 101 Parallax 99.1 87% 102 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 90.6 Splatting 75.8 79% 100 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 960GB 7,756 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 98GB free Firmware: P180 SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 466 476 476 469 460 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 486 Mixed 491 SusWrite 472 110% 488 MB/s	4K Read 78.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 84.4 282% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 366 275% 368 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 100%
Adata SU650 960GB 7,756 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 249GB free Firmware: P180 SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 200 117 71 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 460 Mixed 382 SusWrite 175 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 45 156% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 308 232% 310 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 100%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 873 98 661 960 781 638 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2700 Write 1,128 Mixed 1,312 SusWrite 668 320% 1,452 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 76.3 262% 95.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,180 DQ Write 859 DQ Mixed 921 715% 987 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 309%
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 85GB free Firmware: UF36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 171 170 167 170 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 454 Write 252 Mixed 316 SusWrite 172 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 19.7 81% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 92.5 DQ Mixed 42.7 49% 83.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 56%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 11GB free, PID 0221 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 4.4 8.4 7.2 8.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.2% Terrible	Read 25.9 Write 27.3 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 7.3 22% 17.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.2% Great: 7%
Generic Mass-Storage 4GB 660 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 5 5 5 4.7 5 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	2.67% Terrible	Read 5.5 Write 3.7 Mixed 2 SusWrite 4.9 5% 4.03 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.67% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 36.8 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 27.5 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 38.6 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 114%

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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