MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi Review

1. Introducing the MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi2. Performance and Testing: CPU3. Performance and Testing: Games4. Closing Thoughts5. View All Pages

Performance and Testing: CPU

Test system

• Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• Motherboard: MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WIFi BIOS 2A13 AGESA 1203a
• Memory: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo DDR5-6000
• CPU Cooler: Phanteks Glacier One 360D30
• Graphics card: MSI RTX 4090 Ventus 3X 24GB
• Power supply: Seasonic Focus GX-1000 ATX 3.1
• SSD: 1TB Crucial T700 M.2 NVMe
• OS: Windows 11 24H2

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

In Cinebench 2024 Multi Core we see mediocre performance from Ryzen 7 9800X3D as it gets trounced by processors with 12, 16 and more cores. The important point for this review is that the four blue bars representing different AMD AM5 motherboards are all very similar and the MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi does a good job.

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

In Cinebench 2024 Single Core the four blue bars score at an identical level, exactly as we hope and expect.

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

In Geekbench 6 Multi Core the four blue bars are packed together with the MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi taking a narrow win over the competition.

Power and Clock Speeds

When we look at CPU power draw in Cinebench 2024 we see a surprising amount of separation where we might expect to see identical figures. In all four instances the CPU is running at 5.22 to 5.25GHz however the MSI X870 Tomahawk only requires 110W, The MSI B850 Tomahawk takes 115W, the MSI Carbon WiFi uses 122W and the Asus ROG Crosshair uses 126W.

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