MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '19 at 01:49
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (99^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 719 75% 604 Pts	64-Core 995 62% 995 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2830 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 199 Parallax 204 139% 191 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 189 Splatting 131 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 485 Write 480 Mixed 328 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 53.3 190% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 183 188% 306 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 35GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 411 209 109 103 107 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 481 Mixed 401 SusWrite 234 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 62.6 209% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 371 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 931GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1482 1473 1467 1470 1472 1465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 1,515 Write 1,545 Mixed 1,103 SusWrite 1,471 317% 1,409 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 77.9 270% 97.4 MB/s	DQ Read 678 DQ Write 980 DQ Mixed 272 362% 644 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 295%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 488GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 120 120 120 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 137 Write 150 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 120 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 1,091 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (89^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	101% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 34 104% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 28.2 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,750x
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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

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 $15	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