MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.9% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '19 at 11:41
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 82.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 766 75% 613 Pts	64-Core 979 61% 979 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B9) 3GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 67.4 Parallax 54.2 55% 63.1 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 69.3 57% 69.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 179 136 136 209 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 461 Mixed 434 SusWrite 217 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 32.1 151% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 0.5 82% 194 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%
WD Green 480GB (2018)-$69 25,452 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 369GB free Firmware: UG450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 127 85 185 189 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 456 Write 357 Mixed 248 SusWrite 187 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 14.4 68% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 68.4 DQ Mixed 26.5 38% 71.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 117 115 115 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 116 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 186 196 190 171 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 115 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 183 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 0.7 243% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 131 132 130 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 122 Write 121 Mixed 69.6 SusWrite 131 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	104% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 33.4 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 102%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 64%

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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	1,086x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	559x
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 $39Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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