MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.1% 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	237% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210422
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '22 at 13:44
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 75.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 759 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 936 58% 936 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Lighting 94.5 Reflection 90.9 Parallax 92.5 77% 92.6 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 81 Splatting 73.6 71% 89.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1419 401 400 402 406 404 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2419 Write 2,176 Mixed 1,550 SusWrite 572 374% 1,679 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 71.9 233% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 918 DQ Write 562 DQ Mixed 784 572% 755 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 397GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 187 189 190 191 186 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 145 Write 101 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 188 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 906GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 173 173 164 175 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 166 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 172 111% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 21GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 26 26 27 26 25 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 113 Write 32.2 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 26.4 57% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.5 147% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 58%
A-DATA USB Flash Drive 4GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID c96a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 4.4 5.7 6 6 6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	6.18% Terrible	Read 20.5 Write 1 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 5.5 8% 8.07 MB/s	4K Read 8.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 32% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.18% Great: 7%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 0GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 0.5 0% 0.5 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3200 TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 32GB 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 30.2 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 25.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,357 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 $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,758x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,095x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	867x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	476x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	344x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	665x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $687

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16