MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.8% 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	119% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190705
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 18:22
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 85.4 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 912 92% 746 Pts	64-Core 1,083 67% 1,083 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.8% Very good	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 106 Parallax 89.2 79% 97.4 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 96.6 78% 94.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 295 287 294 296 288 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 484 Mixed 398 SusWrite 311 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 62.9 214% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 289 217% 290 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 810GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 471 474 476 424 430 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 470 Mixed 429 SusWrite 457 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 57.4 195% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 310 249% 350 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 34.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 34.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,291 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 70%

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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	338x

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	233x

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	246x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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