MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	22.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 21 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '22 at 22:40
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 78.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 244 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 724 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 1,132 70% 1,132 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 144 Parallax 140 115% 142 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 128 Splatting 113 110% 138 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 240 68 18 31 31 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	22.7% Poor	Read 94.7 Write 99.5 Mixed 83 SusWrite 99.8 21% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 18.9 4K Mixed 10.3 40% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 14 DQ Write 15.7 DQ Mixed 14 11% 14.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 102%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 389GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 75 74 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 54.8 Write 51.8 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 74.5 40% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 46%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 106 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 116 Write 105 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 105 132% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.8 243% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 083A 1TB 1,797 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 485GB free, PID 083a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 92 91 90 92 89 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 64.7 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 90.5 90% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 30.1 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 110%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,290 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 $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	857x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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