MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.3% 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	99.6% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	May 16 '20 at 21:15
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 762 75% 613 Pts	64-Core 965 60% 965 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Lighting 70.9 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 98.6 58% 80.4 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 56.9 54% 66.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 312 313 314 317 303 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 316 Mixed 314 SusWrite 312 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 38.9 149% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 254 215% 315 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 129%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 157GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 434 436 436 436 435 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 435 Mixed 425 SusWrite 434 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 31 140% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 48 93% 185 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 677GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 140 142 141 139 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 121 Write 118 Mixed 77 SusWrite 140 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 110%
WD easystore 25FC 2TB 1,980 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2TB free, PID 25fc Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 107 106 107 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 106 128% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 34.7 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 28.6 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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