MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78% 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	169% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '20 at 05:58
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$189 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 77.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 234 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 700 73% 584 Pts	64-Core 949 59% 949 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 109 Parallax 104 78% 103 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 95.9 78% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 740 340 299 276 247 234 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 1,200 Write 1238 Mixed 1,063 SusWrite 356 216% 964 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 58.7 201% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 931 DQ Write 756 DQ Mixed 842 631% 843 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 228%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 310 311 314 313 313 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 472 Mixed 380 SusWrite 325 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 49.2 173% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 366 277% 372 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%

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 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77% Very good	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 27.7 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 22 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 85.6 47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77% 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 7,316 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 $84Bench 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 $79Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $700

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16