MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	116% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '19 at 14:58
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 82.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 763 79% 634 Pts	64-Core 1,019 63% 1,019 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Lighting 74.9 Reflection 75.8 Parallax 65.4 61% 72.1 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 70.6 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 458 464 430 400 398 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 460 Mixed 436 SusWrite 435 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 52.4 167% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 223 209% 324 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 125%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 82GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 278 277 278 277 277 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 472 Mixed 433 SusWrite 298 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 55.1 192% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 231 198% 290 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 118%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 137 145 137 145 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 143 Write 112 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 140 73% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 108%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.9 4.2 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	4.25% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 0.3 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 3.9 6% 5.97 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.25% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (96^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 33.7 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 29.1 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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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	1,088x
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 $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 $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 $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) $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