MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.9% 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	58.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '20 at 18:01
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	72%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 658 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 906 56% 906 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$296 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 37D1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 103 Parallax 97.9 88% 103 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 74.5 77% 97.3 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 128GB 2,429 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 134 118 96 81 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 440 Write 154 Mixed 172 SusWrite 107 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 31.7 4K Mixed 26.1 94% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 25.2 DQ Mixed 48.6 54% 97.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 172GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 108 112 113 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 108 Write 118 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 109 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (91^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 33.7 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 28.4 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 103%

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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 7,314 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	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 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	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $21Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16