MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.5% 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	286% 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 (12%). 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, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 19 '20 at 22:46
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$199 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 873 82% 681 Pts	64-Core 1,321 82% 1,321 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Asus(1043 0555) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 89 Parallax 162 85% 118 fps	MRender 87.5 Gravity 119 Splatting 127 93% 111 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2160 884 836 835 831 831 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,528 Write 2,276 Mixed 1,827 SusWrite 1,063 430% 1,923 MB/s	4K Read 62.4 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 81.5 267% 91 MB/s	DQ Read 957 DQ Write 688 DQ Mixed 883 644% 843 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 355%
Amd-raid Array 1 499GB 1,201 User benchmarks, average bench 169% 208GB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 998 995 758 545 542 545 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 811 Write 988 Mixed 772 SusWrite 730 186% 826 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 38.9 152% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 673 DQ Mixed 332 292% 422 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 308%
Amd-raid Array 4 1TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 623GB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 56 56 58 57 60 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 133 Write 99 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 56.2 69% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.2 117% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 96%
Amd-raid Array 5 199GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 97GB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 42 42 42 41 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.7% Poor	Read 54.5 Write 54 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 41.4 35% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.2 97% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FD 2x8GB 9,486 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 29.7 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 24.5 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 27.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 96%

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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 7,338 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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,754x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,094x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	863x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	343x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	303x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	662x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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