MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.5% 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	34.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '19 at 01:25
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 206 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 713 65% 545 Pts	64-Core 988 61% 988 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 97.6 Parallax 89.8 86% 97.8 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 80.5 75% 93.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU655 480GB 2,405 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0831C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.3 1.5 111 286 7 3.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 506 Write 419 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 68.5 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.3 38% 9.37 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 102%
Adata SU655 480GB 2,405 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 80GB free Firmware: P180509a SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 84 111 56 117 62 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 413 Write 458 Mixed 186 SusWrite 91.7 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 41.6 148% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 131 108% 160 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 102%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 489GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 88 86 88 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 78.7 Write 55.2 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 84.9 48% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 958GB free Firmware: CC1G SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 101 105 105 104 105 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 91.7 Mixed 52 SusWrite 104 63% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 8,888 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2866 MHz clocked @ 1433 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 33.9 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 28.3 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 103%

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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	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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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