MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	84.9% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210422
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '21 at 19:00
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 926 84% 707 Pts	64-Core 1,308 81% 1,308 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 123 Parallax 128 107% 128 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 106 Splatting 91.9 90% 113 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GB 43,498 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 145 141 147 163 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 475 Write 296 Mixed 264 SusWrite 161 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 44.6 150% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 101 106% 175 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 114%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$113 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 343GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 468 474 471 468 473 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 152 Mixed 439 SusWrite 470 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 45.7 148% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 355 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 6GB free Firmware: CC43 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 144 Write 144 Mixed 77.5 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 14GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 132 135 109 123 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 112 Write 101 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 126 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 61% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 106%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 279GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 80 81 82 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 93 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 80.3 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 6,868 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 30.8 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.6 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 27.8 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	357	298	144	31.5"	1920 1080	IVM7618 PL3266Q

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,314 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	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $699

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16