MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.9% 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	58.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 9 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190705
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '23 at 09:52
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 221 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 683 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 882 55% 882 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$288 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3538 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 105 Parallax 107 88% 107 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 101 Splatting 94.2 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV5002 240GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 150 102 97 130 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 434 Write 399 Mixed 299 SusWrite 132 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 23.4 83% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 120 106% 153 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 929GB free Firmware: 02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 158 163 161 170 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 105 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 164 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.3 250% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 31.3 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 29.5 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 104%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,353 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	1,757x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,094x
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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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) $39	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