MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 81.1%, 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.
Boot Drive	92.4% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '19 at 02:48
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 78.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 735 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 922 57% 922 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.1% 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: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 186 Parallax 187 144% 183 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 175 Splatting 120 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS512G32MND-3210A 512GB 1,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20400P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 431 405 416 223 206 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 462 Mixed 368 SusWrite 333 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 37.7 133% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 277 202% 258 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 106%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 34GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 325 324 324 325 322 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 332 Mixed 287 SusWrite 322 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 38.7 140% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 150 141% 213 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 97%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 869GB free Firmware: MS2OA7L0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 195 191 192 193 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 178 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 193 108% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 143% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ASU21D4U5S8MB-8 2x8GB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (99^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.5% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 26.2 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 74%

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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	435x
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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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