MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '21 at 17:19
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 (85^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 73.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 75% 135 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 712 69% 570 Pts	64-Core 909 56% 909 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3601 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 114 Parallax 129 102% 123 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 116 Splatting 107 107% 136 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253A3001T 1TB 1,488 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 491GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1230A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 151 147 33 74 51 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 501 Write 440 Mixed 413 SusWrite 144 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 29.1 126% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 46.9 93% 181 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 742GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 168 168 168 168 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 157 Mixed 107 SusWrite 167 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 265% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 109%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$71 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 679GB free Firmware: MKAONS01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 100 99 100 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 90.8 Write 97.4 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 98.7 63% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 130 133 133 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 103 Write 118 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 131 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.8 209% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.6% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 25.7 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 92.9 43% 92.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 47: 7R 4G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
47%	61%	18	328	265	60	34"	2560 1080	VTK0035 GNV34CB

History: Score 15: 1R 3G 1B | Score 47: 7R 4G 0B

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,293 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 $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 $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