MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% 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	193% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 19:40
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 87.6 2-Core 175 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 657 60% 501 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 137 Parallax 118 104% 127 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 615 296 293 295 293 294 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 2,289 Write 1,446 Mixed 1,220 SusWrite 348 293% 1,326 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 60.7 199% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 447 DQ Write 369 DQ Mixed 432 317% 416 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 280%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 283GB free Firmware: JE4OA60A SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 79 78 78 79 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 72 Write 68.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 77.2 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 53%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 398GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 140 141 140 139 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 137 Write 107 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 138 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 114%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 22GB free, PID fa0a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 26 25 32 32 31 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 9.5 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 29.7 36% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 75% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 33.8 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 28.3 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 107%

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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	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 $40Bench 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 $295	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 $40	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