MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.7% 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

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '19 at 18:58
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 699 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 947 59% 947 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.5% Very good	Lighting 108 Reflection 115 Parallax 101 88% 108 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 102 Splatting 0.04 49% 68.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 3 5.2 25 24 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 456 Write 372 Mixed 224 SusWrite 68.3 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 17.3 68% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 86.7 DQ Mixed 30.7 43% 79 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 56%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 136GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 63 64 64 64 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 35 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 63.5 37% 50 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 43%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 323GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 88 88 89 89 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 73 SusWrite 87.9 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 33.6 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 27.6 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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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 7,318 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	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,091x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16