MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	147% 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	32.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	12.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '21 at 16:22
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 79.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 764 79% 636 Pts	64-Core 950 59% 950 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Zotac(19DA 2617) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	147% Outstanding	Lighting 215 Reflection 203 Parallax 192 175% 203 fps	MRender 191 Gravity 152 Splatting 135 128% 159 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 350 58 58 59 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 493 Write 441 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 128 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 9.5 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.3 17% 4.87 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 229GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 186 189 189 190 191 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 130 Write 128 Mixed 68 SusWrite 188 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 113%

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 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 35.4 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 34.6 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.3% 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 7,284 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
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 $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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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