MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	88.1% 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	123% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220526
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '22 at 10:48
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (52^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 5600X-$155 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 83.1 1-Core 169 2-Core 338 104% 197 Pts	4-Core 654 8-Core 961 101% 807 Pts	64-Core 1,164 72% 1,164 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 112 Parallax 103 91% 109 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 104 Splatting 101 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 303 305 304 304 304 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 492 Mixed 395 SusWrite 322 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 62.7 214% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 360 273% 368 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$48 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 89GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 405 403 408 406 406 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 473 Mixed 448 SusWrite 406 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 56.1 186% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 297 245% 350 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 125%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 70GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 39 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 68.7 Write 44.2 Mixed 34 SusWrite 40 34% 46.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 112% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 82%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 284GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 49 87 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 61.1 Write 37.7 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 57.8 35% 47.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 82%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 422GB free Firmware: 03.M0300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 87 85 86 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 56.2 Write 60.9 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 85.9 48% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30BESBK.8FB 2x8GB 1,404 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.2% Very good	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 29.1 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 26.9 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 29.7 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 106%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,281 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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,087x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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