MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.7% 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	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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	May 17 '21 at 02:38
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 73.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 244 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 758 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 1,240 77% 1,240 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Sapphire(1DA2 E376) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.1 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.7% Very good	Lighting 97.2 Reflection 103 Parallax 151 79% 117 fps	MRender 88.1 Gravity 108 Splatting 73 72% 89.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 475 Write 457 Mixed 399 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 47.2 159% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 372 280% 374 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD easystore 480GB 1,196 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 371GB free Firmware: EG430400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 209 207 199 240 207 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 433 Write 374 Mixed 307 SusWrite 238 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 11 65% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 34.9 47% 85.2 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 563GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 102 102 102 103 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 115 Write 116 Mixed 84 SusWrite 102 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.4% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 22.1 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 94 43% 94 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 99%

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	434x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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