MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.6% 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	270% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '20 at 00:33
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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 2600-$145 179,588 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 (85^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 73.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 77% 140 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 681 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 921 57% 921 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1600 MHz, MLim: 1863 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 122 Parallax 105 84% 110 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 94.3 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 283GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1122 1056 1129 1137 1120 1080 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,383 Write 2,211 Mixed 1,626 SusWrite 1,107 410% 1,832 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 72 236% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 892 DQ Write 608 DQ Mixed 821 593% 773 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 372%
WD Gaming Drive 2TB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free, PID 261f Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 120 119 120 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 171 Write 120 Mixed 89.4 SusWrite 119 160% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 0.7 278% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 32,187 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 93.5 43% 93.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 7,367 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 $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,759x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $81Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,098x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	868x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	476x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	344x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	666x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $672

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16