MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	59.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '21 at 04:26
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 111 2-Core 170 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 652 59% 495 Pts	64-Core 877 54% 877 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2067) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 107 Parallax 119 90% 112 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 92.9 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900812 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 423 Write 219 Mixed 103 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 5.1 14% 5.8 MB/s	DQ Read 89.3 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 22 47% 92.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 91%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 27GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 500 Write 472 Mixed 459 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 53.9 179% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 746GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 152 154 155 152 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 113 Write 120 Mixed 66 SusWrite 152 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 53% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M4C3200C16 4x16GB 5,167 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 34.8 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 27.1 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 32.2 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 129%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,292 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	435x
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 $45Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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