MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.2% 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	111% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '20 at 01:52
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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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 7 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 203 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 759 69% 581 Pts	64-Core 1,091 68% 1,091 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 92.3 Parallax 85 83% 93.2 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 89.7 Splatting 79.5 74% 92.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 240GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 439 442 439 396 397 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 455 Mixed 440 SusWrite 428 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 48 152% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 298 244% 348 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 125%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 259GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 124 128 129 128 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 123 Write 14.5 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 126 60% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 2 417% 3 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 70%
ST2000DM 001-1CH164 2TB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0.2 0.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	9.81% Terrible	Read 38.5 Write 37.5 Mixed 33 SusWrite 0.1 35% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 75% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 9.81% Great: 71%
ST310005 24AS 1TB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 232GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 38 Write 39.2 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 4.3 36% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 105% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 48%
WDC WD25 00AAKX-08U6AA0 250GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 179GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 34 35 34 34 34 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.2% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 36 Mixed 31 SusWrite 34.2 47% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 30.4 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.9 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 85.5 47% 85.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 118%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,307 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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 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	438x
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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16