MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '21 at 03:44
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (97^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 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 985 87% 739 Pts	64-Core 1,358 84% 1,358 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 850A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1681 MHz, MLim: 1915 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Lighting 89.4 Reflection 100 Parallax 88.6 73% 92.8 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 87.6 Splatting 78.2 69% 84.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN256HCHP-000L7 256GB 7,649 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03L6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 282 283 286 283 285 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 280 Mixed 248 SusWrite 280 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 38.5 150% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 234 198% 292 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 101%
Samsung MZ7LN256HCHP-000L7 256GB 7,649 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 238GB free Firmware: EMT03L6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 294 293 294 294 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 295 Mixed 275 SusWrite 290 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 40.7 155% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 220 185% 267 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 213 216 217 216 217 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 164 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 215 124% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 44.4 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 32.7 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 28.7 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 29.5 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

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

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,282 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 $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