MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.4% 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	103% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '19 at 19:21
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 81.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 698 74% 589 Pts	64-Core 987 61% 987 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 843B) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Lighting 26 Reflection 25.4 Parallax 32.6 21% 28 fps	MRender 34.7 Gravity 31 Splatting 26.3 25% 30.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 441 451 455 454 454 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 450 Mixed 435 SusWrite 449 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 31.7 142% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 48.7 105% 211 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 74GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 93 91 94 96 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 263 Write 128 Mixed 186 SusWrite 95.8 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 38 139% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 93.8 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 105 78% 101 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 916GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 100 103 103 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 99 Write 96 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 101 63% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30BESBK.8FD 1x8GB 938 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	46.5% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 14.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 14.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 57%

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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	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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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