MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '23 at 12:16
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 78 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 85% 156 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 767 74% 607 Pts	64-Core 1,043 65% 1,043 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$330 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% Asus(1043 05D5) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 89.7 Reflection 135 Parallax 180 73% 135 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 89.4 Splatting 153 119% 145 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 656 Write 994 Mixed 445 157% 698 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 39.5 169% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 680 DQ Write 832 DQ Mixed 642 516% 718 MB/s
Poor: 125% Great: 262%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 58GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 64 82 54 88 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 70 Write 28.9 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 66.5 38% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 915GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 205 206 208 208 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 164 Mixed 92.2 SusWrite 206 122% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 112%
WD Elements 25A3 14TB 1,201 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 38 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 35.7 Write 38.7 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 38.4 49% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.3 239% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 37.6 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.9 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 35 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 84.4 47% 84.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 119%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,296 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 $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	857x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	339x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	435x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	234x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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