MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.8% 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	246% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180803
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '18 at 21:03
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 786 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 971 60% 971 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.8% Above average	Lighting 67.4 Reflection 66.1 Parallax 92.1 55% 75.2 fps	MRender 64.2 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 53.6 49% 60.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 974 336 313 313 313 314 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,457 Write 1,473 Mixed 1,291 SusWrite 427 312% 1,412 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 78.2 265% 92.3 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 789 DQ Mixed 954 695% 908 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 280%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 123 123 122 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 119 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 123 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 84%
MB0500EBNCR 500GB 887 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 745GB free Firmware: HPG2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 250 239 249 236 230 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 33% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 6,771 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.6 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 63%

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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	435x
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 $45Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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