MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	202% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '19 at 10:32
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 75.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 698 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 982 61% 982 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 67.2 64% 74.5 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 73.4 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 585 437 439 437 438 437 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,712 Write 1,524 Mixed 1,357 SusWrite 462 282% 1,264 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 66.4 230% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 845 DQ Write 708 DQ Mixed 798 592% 784 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 228%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 437GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 478 276 249 250 250 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 484 Mixed 389 SusWrite 328 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 40.3 146% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 333 250% 334 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 99%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 747GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 108 109 109 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 110 Write 107 Mixed 107 SusWrite 109 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 85%
WD 800BEVS External 80GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 32GB free, PID 0702 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 40 40 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 36.2 Mixed 23.8 SusWrite 38.6 45% 33.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 2,150 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.4% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 88.7 45% 88.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 61%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,292 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	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 $300	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