MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '21 at 19:09
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$179 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 79.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 304 96% 179 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 1032 93% 784 Pts	64-Core 1,450 90% 1,450 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 139F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (85 fps cap detected)	69.4% Good	Lighting 85 Reflection 85 Parallax 85 69% 85 fps	MRender 85 Gravity 85 Splatting 85 70% 85 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 421 435 432 438 437 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 455 Mixed 286 SusWrite 430 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 54.2 190% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 163 173% 288 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 111%
NE-512 512GB 5,933 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 194GB free Firmware: T1106A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1545 1650 1656 625 184 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 1,978 Write 1,646 Mixed 1,201 SusWrite 979 324% 1,451 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 195 4K Mixed 33.7 229% 94.5 MB/s	DQ Read 964 DQ Write 990 DQ Mixed 602 556% 852 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 264%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 289GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 341 105 104 103 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 476 Write 363 Mixed 349 SusWrite 201 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 37.7 148% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 190 172% 260 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 371GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 99 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 93.9 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 100 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 31.6 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 33.4 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 108%

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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: 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	10	8	144	24"	1280 720	GSM5B73 24GL600F

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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 $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 $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $698

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $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