MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.7% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '18 at 08:19
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 241 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 704 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 891 55% 891 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 61.7 Parallax 83.5 55% 70.8 fps	MRender 60.8 Gravity 55.5 Splatting 79.3 55% 65.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 600GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 457 348 305 304 304 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 457 Mixed 376 SusWrite 356 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 37 136% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 353 263% 349 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 104%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 61GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 146 147 146 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 356 Write 177 Mixed 216 SusWrite 143 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 32.6 131% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 193 156% 224 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 83%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$169 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 7.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 190 180 181 191 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 189 Mixed 106 SusWrite 186 123% 168 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1 292% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 103 104 101 107 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	64% Good	Read 119 Write 116 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 104 68% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 86%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$109 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 422GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 88 88 88 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 84.7 Write 81.5 Mixed 56 SusWrite 87.5 57% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 27,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 44.1 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 36 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 29.3 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 73.3 54% 73.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,283 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

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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	1,087x
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) $33	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