MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.4% 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	210% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '19 at 17:52
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 77.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 223 75% 135 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 700 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 900 56% 900 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 93.4 90% 107 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 128 Splatting 101 91% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 610 285 278 275 275 275 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 2,503 Write 1,376 Mixed 1,032 SusWrite 333 288% 1,311 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 67.5 225% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 453 DQ Write 424 DQ Mixed 442 331% 439 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 280%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 288GB free Firmware: JE4OA60A SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 64 64 64 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 91 Write 86 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 63.7 52% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 53%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 429GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 131 133 133 133 131 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 154 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 131 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 114%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 19GB free, PID fa0a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 91 97 98 98 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 93 Write 0.2 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 96.1 70% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.5 96% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 38%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 29GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.8 4.1 5.1 4.8 5.9 4.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	8.01% Terrible	Read 24 Write 5.7 Mixed 12 SusWrite 5.3 13% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 2.7 135% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.01% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.6% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 26.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 85.9 46% 85.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 107%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,298 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	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