MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54% 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	107% 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

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '18 at 14:26
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 724 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 973 60% 973 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54% Above average	Lighting 67.5 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 62.8 55% 67.2 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 57.2 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS200T2B0B-00YS70 2TB 1,239 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 976GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 442 439 414 408 435 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 462 Mixed 363 SusWrite 432 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 40.6 156% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 242 196% 278 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 119%
HPT DISK 0_0 10TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: 4.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 355 355 365 363 369 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 60% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 44.7 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 36.2 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 27.6 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 31.4 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 64%

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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	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 $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 $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 $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