MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.9% 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	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, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '19 at 19:52
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 792 77% 633 Pts	64-Core 968 60% 968 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Asus(1043 0555) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 87.6 Parallax 154 81% 113 fps	MRender 84.4 Gravity 111 Splatting 125 90% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 306 310 311 312 313 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 492 Mixed 464 SusWrite 323 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 57.4 194% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 372 280% 375 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 129%
Crucial C300-MTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 82GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 143 143 143 143 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 346 Write 142 Mixed 195 SusWrite 142 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 14.5 108% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 92.4 93% 152 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%
Intenso Sata III 240GB 2,859 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 195GB free Firmware: P0614D SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 318 318 321 319 320 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 501 Write 320 Mixed 314 SusWrite 317 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 30.8 112% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 175 143% 200 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 102%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 67 67 66 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 68.7 Mixed 44 SusWrite 66.5 45% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 36 111% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 29 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
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 $37Bench 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	248x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16