MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.4% 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	57.8% 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

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 9 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190705
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '23 at 10:56
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 76.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 219 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 665 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 842 52% 842 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$291 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 105 Parallax 107 87% 106 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 94.1 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV5002 240GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 104 37 74 45 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 456 Write 403 Mixed 309 SusWrite 87.7 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 25.4 85% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 112 102% 151 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 925GB free Firmware: 02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 165 156 161 161 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 186 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 160 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.4% 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 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.6% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 26.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 104%

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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: 0P 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	70	58	144	27"	1280 720	AUS2782 VG279

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,324 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	1,752x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,092x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $291Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	342x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16