MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	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, 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	Dec 10 '18 at 22:22
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 230 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 796 79% 642 Pts	64-Core 996 62% 996 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.7% 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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2927 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 199 Parallax 202 148% 194 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 185 Splatting 125 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 654GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 464 454 466 470 479 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 480 Mixed 372 SusWrite 462 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 40.4 150% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 265 204% 277 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%
AMD T00 StoreMI 1.5TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 881GB free Firmware: 1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 121 117 122 119 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	12.5% Very poor	Read 110 Write 110 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 120 22% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 2% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 12.5% 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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 44.2 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 34.6 112% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 28.8 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% 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 $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,759x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $81Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,098x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	868x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	476x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	344x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	666x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $672

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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