MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	234% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '21 at 15:21
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 75.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 93% 175 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 867 91% 728 Pts	64-Core 1,102 68% 1,102 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 72.8 62% 76.3 fps	MRender 69.3 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 72.3 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1367 307 306 307 309 310 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,038 Write 1,520 Mixed 617 SusWrite 484 258% 1,165 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 62.3 236% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,090 DQ Write 1,198 DQ Mixed 709 654% 999 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 194GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 495 495 392 295 296 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 489 Mixed 466 SusWrite 378 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 66.7 226% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 112 115 119 119 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 92 Write 128 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 118 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 201% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 93GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 107 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 76 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 107 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP26D4U9S8ME-8 Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.4% Very good	MC Read 32 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 30.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 31.5 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 89.6 45% 89.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 95%

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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