MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.5% 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	243% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '19 at 11:35
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 242 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 896 82% 686 Pts	64-Core 1,168 72% 1,168 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Lighting 70.8 Reflection 73.4 Parallax 98.8 58% 81 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 58.8 54% 67.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 833GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1476 1525 1531 1557 1300 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,458 Write 1,560 Mixed 1,078 SusWrite 1,258 301% 1,338 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 71.3 243% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 637 DQ Write 810 DQ Mixed 270 330% 572 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 22.3 Write 27.2 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 16.4 21% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 90%
Verbatim STORE N GO 4GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 4223 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 15.5 Mixed 4.3 9% 9.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 5%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 101 101 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 113 Write 94.8 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 101 126% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 8.3 4K Mixed 0.9 318% 3.57 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 10 DQ Mixed 0.5 359% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 32.7 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.1 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 29.7 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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Workstation 64%

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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 $279	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) $33	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