MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.9% 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	59.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1798 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 17:12
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	74%

Watch Gameplay: 2060 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 682 64% 534 Pts	64-Core 891 55% 891 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 93.1 Parallax 103 88% 101 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 104 Splatting 83 83% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS250G2B0B-00YS70 250GB 7,199 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 114 147 93 91 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 338 Write 228 Mixed 246 SusWrite 119 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 33.4 4K Mixed 30.8 95% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 141 117% 175 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 271GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 157 157 155 162 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 90.3 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 159 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 31.9 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 25.4 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 102%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,291 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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