MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	149% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	17.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '21 at 23:20
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 77.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 216 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 664 64% 526 Pts	64-Core 864 54% 864 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 109 Parallax 111 85% 108 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 96 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 637GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 726 169 192 185 208 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,270 Write 1,755 Mixed 1,295 SusWrite 275 259% 1,149 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 62.4 203% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 499 DQ Mixed 372 287% 383 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 305%
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 466GB free Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 692 686 688 689 673 688 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 714 Write 678 Mixed 677 SusWrite 686 155% 689 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 53.4 178% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 667 DQ Write 589 DQ Mixed 658 485% 638 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 228%
Hitachi HDS5C4040ALE630 4TB 469 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: MPAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 95 97 96 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 86.2 Write 89.4 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 95.2 53% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 73%
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 921GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 178 187 187 188 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 166 Mixed 89.6 SusWrite 184 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.9 272% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 394GB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 114 116 116 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 144 Write 149 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 115 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.3 144% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 113%
WD WD80EZAZ-11TDBA0 8TB 1,009 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 149 148 153 148 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 135 Write 143 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 150 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1 310% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x16GB 45,647 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 33.2 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.9 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 28.7 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 85.1 47% 85.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 105%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,323 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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,752x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,092x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	342x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $698

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16