MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	193% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 05:43
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 229 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 669 64% 530 Pts	64-Core 903 56% 903 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3670) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.7% Average	Lighting 62.2 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 55.2 51% 60.2 fps	MRender 66.6 Gravity 60.3 Splatting 52 48% 59.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 906 431 434 435 434 436 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,500 Write 1,606 Mixed 1,205 SusWrite 513 270% 1,206 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 61.8 204% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,003 DQ Write 693 DQ Mixed 837 628% 844 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 237%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 143GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 167 167 167 134 167 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 462 Write 468 Mixed 356 SusWrite 178 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 31 114% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 193 191% 304 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 95%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 78GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 381 417 385 419 382 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 392 Write 409 Mixed 304 SusWrite 400 85% 376 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 33.2 116% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 256 212% 302 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 169 170 175 135 174 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 32.3 Write 83.5 Mixed 11 SusWrite 146 49% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 62% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$41 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3333 MHz clocked @ 1667 MHz Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 32.5 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.9 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 120%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,290 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	434x
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 $40Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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