MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.5% 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	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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '20 at 21:45
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 562 60% 478 Pts	64-Core 885 55% 885 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1663 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 91.9 Parallax 160 86% 119 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 110 Splatting 130 93% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 643 328 327 308 194 193 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,458 Write 1,470 Mixed 1,016 SusWrite 332 291% 1,319 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 79.7 273% 96.4 MB/s	DQ Read 934 DQ Write 753 DQ Mixed 857 638% 848 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 280%
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 51GB free Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 455 457 455 456 410 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 434 Mixed 240 SusWrite 446 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 34.3 130% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 149 157% 261 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 90GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 223 263 249 216 292 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.1% Average	Read 222 Write 106 Mixed 91.6 SusWrite 255 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 21.8 4K Mixed 11.5 49% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 16.2 DQ Write 17.4 DQ Mixed 125 64% 52.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 100%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA640 2TB-$41 7,860 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 181GB free Firmware: MK7ONS00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 85 85 86 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 79.8 Write 81.9 Mixed 45.6 SusWrite 85.4 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 83%

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 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 33.4 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.2 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 29.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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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