MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.3% 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	123% 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '19 at 23:34
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 689 71% 571 Pts	64-Core 925 57% 925 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3720) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.3% Above average	Lighting 74.5 Reflection 72.8 Parallax 62.9 61% 70.1 fps	MRender 69.3 Gravity 67.8 Splatting 69.7 56% 68.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 308 308 308 308 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 493 Mixed 465 SusWrite 319 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 62.9 212% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 128%
Samsung MZ7TE512HMHP-00000 512GB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 283GB free Firmware: EXT0100Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 417 416 417 417 417 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 416 Mixed 196 SusWrite 417 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 36.2 153% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 89.8 122% 226 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 173 173 175 175 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 126 Mixed 84 SusWrite 173 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
SMI USB DISK 126GB 705 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 28GB free, PID null, Team GroupC186 128GB SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 0 0 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 38 Write 35.3 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 7.6 38% 29 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.7 111% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 27,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 34.6 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.6 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 28.6 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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