MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	119% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '19 at 03:26
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 718 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 987 61% 987 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 183 Parallax 167 135% 172 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 167 Splatting 117 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 449 458 444 403 402 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 462 Mixed 440 SusWrite 433 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 52.6 180% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 296 244% 349 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 125%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 275GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 87 82 85 84 90 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 59.7 Write 100 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 84.9 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.6 141% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 66%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 905GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 181 181 183 183 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 166 Mixed 105 SusWrite 181 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 43.9 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 34.9 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.5 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 28.6 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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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	1,087x
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 $129Bench 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 $275	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