MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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	252% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 00:21
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 756 77% 623 Pts	64-Core 1,025 64% 1,025 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 81%

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: 3077 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 167 Parallax 141 125% 154 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 175 Splatting 113 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1343 304 302 308 309 308 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,426 Write 1466 Mixed 1,258 SusWrite 479 311% 1,407 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 78.2 267% 94.5 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 953 DQ Mixed 996 739% 974 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 280%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$34 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 73GB free Firmware: UF360000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 22 3.5 109 29 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 457 Write 268 Mixed 258 SusWrite 49.8 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 7.9 65% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 28 DQ Mixed 13.1 25% 52.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 55%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 805GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 151 151 147 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 122 Write 134 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 147 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 34.8 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 27.1 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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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	1,754x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,094x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	863x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	343x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	303x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	662x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $687

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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