MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.4% 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	56.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '20 at 02:27
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$84 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 (87^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 82.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 806 81% 657 Pts	64-Core 927 57% 927 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Gigabyte(1458 231C) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 121 Parallax 152 94% 130 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 111 Splatting 81.3 77% 96 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 128GB 2,701 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 62 35 36 34 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 489 Write 163 Mixed 239 SusWrite 55.5 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 39.3 105% 26.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 90%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 66GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 359 319 320 321 319 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 482 Mixed 444 SusWrite 350 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.5 201% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 128%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 931GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1531 828 828 840 843 843 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 1,578 Write 1,748 Mixed 1,214 SusWrite 952 309% 1,373 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 79.5 281% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,342 DQ Write 1,180 DQ Mixed 1,244 937% 1,255 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 276%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 10GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 95 89 106 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 78.5 Write 72.3 Mixed 49 SusWrite 96 54% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 26GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 121 149 145 140 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 160 Write 144 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 136 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 33.6 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 28.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 110%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,284 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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	434x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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