MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.6% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '19 at 20:51
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G-$104 181,631 User benchmarks, average bench 60% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 222 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 465 61% 458 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU) 85,536 User benchmarks, average bench 10% MSI(1462 7C02) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Lighting 18.2 Reflection 19.5 Parallax 23.7 15% 20.5 fps	MRender 17 Gravity 18.3 Splatting 23.1 16% 19.5 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 139 152 155 154 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 411 Write 144 Mixed 223 SusWrite 150 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 41.2 151% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 107 102% 162 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 71GB free Firmware: O0803B5a SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 56 56 56 55 55 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	76% Very good	Read 503 Write 379 Mixed 367 SusWrite 95.7 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 39.7 116% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 52 107% 215 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 113GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 83 84 84 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 69.3 Write 70.3 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 83.5 51% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 68%
Toshiba E300 3TB-$116 1,216 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: MZ6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 106 109 108 110 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 109 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 108 63% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3333 MHz clocked @ 1667 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	108% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 39.4 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 28.7 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,087x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	434x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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