MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.7% 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	159% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '23 at 05:54
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

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 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 78.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 180 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 556 51% 428 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$464 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% Gigabyte(1458 2334) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 83.2 Reflection 138 Parallax 181 68% 134 fps	MRender 201 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 159 123% 151 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 512GB 29,096 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0513A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1052 260 225 514 224 262 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,551 Write 1,206 Mixed 1,118 SusWrite 423 240% 1,074 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 28.5 148% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 759 DQ Write 503 DQ Mixed 543 429% 602 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 291%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$69 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 100GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 415 416 410 411 414 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 464 Mixed 383 SusWrite 419 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 43.1 143% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 285 233% 333 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 119%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 343GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 163 161 160 163 161 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 138 Write 138 Mixed 104 SusWrite 162 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 109%
Seagate ST1500LM 006 HN-M151RAD 1.5TB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 108 108 110 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 94 Write 85 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 109 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.5 155% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 65%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 597GB free Firmware: 0711 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 153 157 146 147 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 140 Mixed 108 SusWrite 151 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 233% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4B.8FE BL8G32C16U4W.8FE BL8G32C16U4B.8FE BL8G32C16U4W.8FE 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 43.2 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 38 115% 40.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 28.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 138%

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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 $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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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