MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 06:46
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$145 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 73.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 83% 154 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 825 81% 664 Pts	64-Core 1,058 65% 1,058 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 154 Parallax 142 117% 146 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 138 Splatting 114 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Gigabyte(1458 353E) 2GB CLim: 941 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.45% Terrible	Lighting 8.6 Reflection 8.08 Parallax 9.19 7% 8.62 fps	MRender 8.38 Gravity 10.6 Splatting 11 8% 9.99 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.45% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 15 113 57 4.7 62 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 398 Write 354 Mixed 273 SusWrite 84.1 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 22.1 114% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 134 127% 193 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 85%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 102GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 305 304 302 303 303 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 380 Write 366 Mixed 348 SusWrite 315 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 29.7 98% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 147 110% 146 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 75%
Hitachi HCS5C1010DLE630 1TB 445 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 113GB free Firmware: MU2OA5R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 59 70 67 84 69 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 132 Write 118 Mixed 20 SusWrite 72.7 62% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 48GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 76 73 75 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 82.5 Write 87.8 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 75.1 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 88%
BUFFALO HD-PCTU3 1TB 1,031 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 517GB free, PID 01de Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 83 78 86 87 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 99.7 Write 98 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 84.6 113% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 111% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 259D 4TB 1,267 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 53 54 55 54 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 57.8 Write 51.8 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 55.4 69% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.1 43% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (92^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 32.3 104% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 25.9 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 93.7 43% 93.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 101%

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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 $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,754x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,094x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	863x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	343x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	303x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	662x
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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $689

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16