MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.9% 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	78.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	35.1 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '19 at 23:20
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 77.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 86% 158 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 1,023 91% 771 Pts	64-Core 1,120 69% 1,120 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 106 Reflection 101 Parallax 89.9 86% 99 fps	MRender 157 Gravity 122 Splatting 99.5 100% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 112%
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 328D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.7% Above average	Lighting 65.4 Reflection 65.5 Parallax 51.3 53% 60.7 fps	MRender 69.4 Gravity 71 Splatting 70.1 58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV512TBN 512GB 14,424 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0MF000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 408 339 218 230 234 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 310 Write 458 Mixed 351 SusWrite 299 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 35.6 129% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 79.9 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 176 134% 174 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 97%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 195GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 422 426 279 295 295 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 470 Mixed 384 SusWrite 350 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 47.3 163% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 200 197% 312 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 128%
Seagate ST32000540AS 2TB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 123 112 122 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 120 Write 106 Mixed 28 SusWrite 120 68% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 76%
Seagate ST32000540AS 2TB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 124 126 120 127 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 124 Write 100 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 124 67% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C16-16GVRB F4-3000C16-8GISB F4-3000C16-16GVRB 40GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 24.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 74%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,316 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	1,089x
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 $80Bench 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 $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $699

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16