MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210930
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '21 at 06:21
Run Duration	358 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X-$260 60,132 User benchmarks, average bench 99% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 82 1-Core 176 2-Core 349 107% 202 Pts	4-Core 690 8-Core 1,280 118% 985 Pts	64-Core 2,306 143% 2,306 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 8655) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2352 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 81.7 Parallax 74.5 59% 76.3 fps	MRender 78.8 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 73.2 62% 75.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 271GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 10,983 Write 6,644 Mixed 7,962 1,888% 8,530 MB/s	4K Read 650 4K Write 321 4K Mixed 407 1,677% 459 MB/s	DQ Read 1,686 DQ Write 926 DQ Mixed 1,076 862% 1,229 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1TB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2234 2331 2296 1859 1430 1449 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	371% Outstanding	Read 2,605 Write 2,412 Mixed 1,940 SusWrite 1,933 499% 2,223 MB/s	4K Read 66.3 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 93.4 312% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,380 DQ Write 972 DQ Mixed 1,160 870% 1,170 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 371% Great: 435%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 80 81 81 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 66.8 Write 64.4 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 80.3 51% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 83%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 92 92 94 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 85.3 Write 80.3 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 92.7 57% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 87%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 289GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 130 129 130 130 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 140 Write 117 Mixed 110 SusWrite 129 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 29.7 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 27.8 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

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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	339x

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	234x

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	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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