MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '20 at 23:53
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 82.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 233 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 756 74% 608 Pts	64-Core 994 62% 994 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 873A) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.2% Very good	Lighting 89.7 Reflection 89.8 Parallax 83.6 73% 87.7 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 79.9 Splatting 72.1 70% 88.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 364 367 369 368 370 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 359 Mixed 325 SusWrite 368 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 43.4 158% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 203 196% 309 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 129%
Samsung MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GB 4,594 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 119GB free Firmware: EXT0BL6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 244 243 243 243 243 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 480 Write 247 Mixed 176 SusWrite 244 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 18 100% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 60.2 DQ Mixed 50.3 55% 95.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 91%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 270GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 322 322 323 325 324 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 323 Mixed 323 SusWrite 324 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 39.1 153% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 203 174% 258 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 772GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 176 175 178 177 178 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 147 Write 140 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 176 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 792GB free Firmware: HP63 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 112 114 116 116 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 114 Write 32 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 115 60% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 32.1 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 30.4 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.3% 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 7,283 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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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