MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.2% 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	125% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 16:27
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^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 4.25 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 848 83% 680 Pts	64-Core 1,067 66% 1,067 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1400 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Lighting 72.3 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 86.1 59% 76.6 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 65.4 Splatting 60.8 54% 66.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 477 477 482 478 429 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 484 Mixed 413 SusWrite 470 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 59.4 200% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 302 227% 303 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%
AMD T00 StoreMI 4.5TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4TB free Firmware: 1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 216 218 208 225 230 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 3x8GB 818 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 31.6 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 26.4 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 28.7 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 85%

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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	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