MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	21.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '20 at 02:26
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$199 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 81.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 247 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 785 76% 628 Pts	64-Core 1,265 78% 1,265 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 114 Parallax 238 118% 165 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 137 Splatting 156 113% 135 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,404 Write 1,164 Mixed 1,031 336% 1,533 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 77.5 255% 91.3 MB/s	DQ Read 929 DQ Write 789 DQ Mixed 842 636% 854 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 86GB free Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 84 107 111 111 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 449 Write 299 Mixed 268 SusWrite 139 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 18.1 62% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 88.1 DQ Mixed 40.7 48% 82.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 56%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 457GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 163 163 162 163 162 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 119 Write 117 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 162 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 207 209 207 203 209 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 131 Write 158 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 204 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 106%
PATRIOT 1.5TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 485GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 91 93 90 90 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 106 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 87.5 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 206% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$103 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 34.1 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 28 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 114%

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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 7,334 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	1,754x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $89Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,093x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	863x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	342x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	303x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	661x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $689

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16