MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '22 at 01:30
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 80.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 273 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 1,011 92% 773 Pts	64-Core 1,538 95% 1,538 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon-VII-$841 13,762 User benchmarks, average bench 101% AMD(1002 081E) Ram: 16GB, Driver: 21.30.23.04 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 114 Parallax 210 110% 153 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 149 Splatting 85.1 90% 113 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,428 Write 1,920 Mixed 1385 423% 1,911 MB/s	4K Read 56.4 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 81.6 279% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,266 DQ Write 941 DQ Mixed 1098 822% 1,101 MB/s
Poor: 195% Great: 393%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 476GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 143 144 145 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 139 Write 154 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 144 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 112%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 433GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 76 77 77 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 76.5 Write 71.1 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 76.2 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 88%
Memorex Travel Drive CL 4GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 064d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	5.28% Terrible	Read 19.4 Write 18.7 Mixed 14 SusWrite 5.6 19% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.28% Great: 5%
Memorex Travel Drive CL 4GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 0649 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	4.64% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 4.5 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 4.2 8% 7.73 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.64% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 37.4 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.5 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 38.1 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 102%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,300 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	1,089x
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	436x
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 $40Bench 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 $177	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) $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