MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	117% 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	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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '18 at 03:31
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 753 77% 620 Pts	64-Core 1,017 63% 1,017 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% PNY(196E 1211) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 189 Parallax 186 130% 178 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 168 Splatting 119 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 682GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 477 479 481 472 403 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 487 Mixed 468 SusWrite 450 108% 479 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 54.6 183% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 284 210% 277 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
AMD T00 StoreMI 1.5TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 907GB free Firmware: 1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 112 216 82 80 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	10.7% Very poor	Read 86.7 Write 77 Mixed 47 SusWrite 109 18% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 2% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3466 C16 2x8GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 35 115% 40.1 GB/s	SC Read 26.7 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 29.1 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%

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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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,091x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16