MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 86.3%, 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	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	5.7 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 21 '19 at 01:49
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (97^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 80.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 775 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 991 61% 991 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.3% 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% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 432 297 126 60 100 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 507 Write 440 Mixed 12.3 SusWrite 240 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 13.3 59% 15.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 92%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 5GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 261 Write 125 Mixed 171 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 37.7 133% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 93.7 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 72.1 65% 97.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 830GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 99 98 99 99 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 95 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 97.9 61% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 87% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.7% 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)	47.3% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 14.4 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 57%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	860x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $720

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16