MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% 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.
Boot Drive	120% 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	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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '21 at 20:05
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 747 70% 583 Pts	64-Core 1,205 75% 1,205 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 3755) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 196 Parallax 140 115% 159 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 141 Splatting 134 113% 139 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 900 433 397 298 322 479 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 1,848 Mixed 553 SusWrite 471 188% 821 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 35.7 128% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 738 DQ Write 858 DQ Mixed 761 584% 786 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 284%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 67GB free Firmware: R0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 380 400 402 405 406 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 429 Mixed 394 SusWrite 399 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 43.1 141% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 132 165% 291 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 126%
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TB 11,576 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 591GB free Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 465 460 457 457 459 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 465 Mixed 415 SusWrite 460 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 41.4 140% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 368 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%
Sandisk PLUS 480 GB 480GB 8,604 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 106GB free Firmware: UG3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 253 263 271 273 272 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 432 Write 308 Mixed 277 SusWrite 249 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 17.6 74% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 74.9 DQ Mixed 25.7 38% 72.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 92,358 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 29.3 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 23.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 114%

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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