MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.4% 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	54.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	17.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '21 at 08:29
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 77.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 223 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 686 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 880 54% 880 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 108 Parallax 99.1 84% 103 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 96.4 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 635GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 346 111 265 98 278 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 595 Write 1,731 Mixed 35.4 SusWrite 265 149% 657 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 1.1 44% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 0.6 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 532 269% 213 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 305%
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 463GB free Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 655 633 632 669 636 577 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 701 Write 692 Mixed 669 SusWrite 634 152% 674 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 55.1 180% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 596 DQ Mixed 430 336% 453 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 228%
Hitachi HDS5C4040ALE630 4TB 469 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: MPAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 85 81 87 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 92.8 Mixed 21.6 SusWrite 84.6 52% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 73%
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 913GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 185 178 168 166 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 140 Write 140 Mixed 90.1 SusWrite 172 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1 294% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 105%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 393GB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 139 134 132 134 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 142 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 138 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.3 153% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 113%
WD WD80EZAZ-11TDBA0 8TB 1,009 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 149 156 154 156 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 152 Write 161 Mixed 94.9 SusWrite 152 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.1 324% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 105%
UDISK PDU01_2G 69A2.0 2GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 2% 2GB free, PID 0151 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	3.06% Terrible	Read 10 Write 1.2 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 2.3 4% 4 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 3.06% Great: 3%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x16GB 21,064 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 35.4 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.6 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 29.6 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,299 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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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