MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220526
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '22 at 22:15
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 116 2-Core 237 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 682 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 906 56% 906 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.2 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.9% Good	Lighting 84.2 Reflection 72.9 Parallax 143 69% 100 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 100 Splatting 72.1 70% 86.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0B 500GB 11,733 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 226 215 230 180 228 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 384 Mixed 156 SusWrite 227 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 42.2 154% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 250 200% 280 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 115%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 197GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 108 108 108 107 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 173 Write 146 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 108 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.7 453% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 2x8GB 4,460 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 34.6 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 27.4 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 31.3 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 89%

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Gaming 70%

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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