MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.4% 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	227% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '20 at 11:39
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^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-$83 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 (99^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 83.1 1-Core 149 2-Core 294 95% 175 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 902 91% 740 Pts	64-Core 1,074 66% 1,074 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 120 Parallax 104 91% 112 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 105 Splatting 107 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 923 783 742 744 745 745 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,234 Write 1,338 Mixed 1,093 SusWrite 780 250% 1,111 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 75 267% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,084 DQ Write 1,082 DQ Mixed 1,084 814% 1,083 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 228%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 627GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 466 466 467 471 415 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 470 Mixed 435 SusWrite 457 106% 468 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 56.4 188% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 309 250% 353 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 125%
Tcsunbow X3 480GB 2,146 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 220GB free Firmware: S0424A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 14 51 58 14 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 489 Write 448 Mixed 368 SusWrite 110 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 21.5 136% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 25 79% 165 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 99%
Patriot Torch LE 480GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 358GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 393 144 178 177 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 492 Mixed 380 SusWrite 258 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 42.7 158% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 207 193% 298 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 162 163 164 166 161 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 141 Write 141 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 162 83% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 3,965 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 37.4 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 35.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 119%

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

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,290 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	1,751x
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	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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

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 $179	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