MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98% 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	117% 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	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

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '19 at 21:00
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 734 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 946 59% 946 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 135 Parallax 126 102% 128 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 124 Splatting 103 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 276 265 268 274 268 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 478 Mixed 380 SusWrite 290 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 59.5 200% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 372 280% 373 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 132GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 426 459 460 467 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 466 Mixed 422 SusWrite 450 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 51.5 172% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 305 247% 350 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 125%
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 391GB free Firmware: MU03 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 430 Write 417 Mixed 326 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 33.9 124% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 187 177% 274 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 101%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 188GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1105 853 856 841 829 811 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,560 Write 2,401 Mixed 1,846 SusWrite 882 430% 1,922 MB/s	4K Read 63.7 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 85.4 282% 97.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,006 DQ Write 800 DQ Mixed 952 699% 919 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 355%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$110 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 35.1 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 29.5 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,091x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $23Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16