MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.6% 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	93.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '20 at 00:34
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$125 179,588 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 (88^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 89 2-Core 178 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 687 63% 528 Pts	64-Core 916 57% 916 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3909 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 92.2 Parallax 108 88% 103 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 100 Splatting 84.5 86% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 280 219 240 202 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 301 Mixed 288 SusWrite 226 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 38.9 151% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 226 200% 302 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 162GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 89 106 110 110 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 108 Write 102 Mixed 72 SusWrite 103 71% 96 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 105% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 106%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 6,865 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 13GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 3.9 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	6.52% Terrible	Read 30.7 Write 2.5 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 3.2 8% 9.73 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.52% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 43.4 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 35 110% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.9 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 28.3 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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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 $129Bench 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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Value: 73% - Very good

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