MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	12.6 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 22:42
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (98^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 81.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 228 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 684 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 910 56% 910 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% 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: 1662 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 93.1 Parallax 159 82% 118 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 111 Splatting 132 94% 112 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% 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% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,504 Write 1,475 Mixed 1,040 367% 1,673 MB/s	4K Read 60.6 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 80.2 273% 96.4 MB/s	DQ Read 924 DQ Write 761 DQ Mixed 852 635% 846 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 51GB free Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 469 471 473 470 430 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 454 Mixed 242 SusWrite 462 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 35.9 134% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 155 164% 272 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 90GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 221 223 221 220 222 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 420 Write 297 Mixed 362 SusWrite 236 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 40 146% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 211 184% 271 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 100%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA640 2TB-$41 7,860 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 181GB free Firmware: MK7ONS00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 84 86 86 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 81.6 Write 78.7 Mixed 50 SusWrite 85.5 54% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 33.7 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 30.2 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

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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 7,309 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	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 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	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16