MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.3% 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	96.8% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 04:01
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 758 73% 603 Pts	64-Core 974 60% 974 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 45.8 Reflection 31 Parallax 38 37% 38.3 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 41.4 Splatting 36.1 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$85 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 295 284 281 280 270 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 482 Mixed 266 SusWrite 288 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 38.4 145% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 216 192% 292 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 107%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 462GB free Firmware: GR2OA3E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 110 109 108 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 106 Write 97 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 108 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 58%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 33GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 45 46 46 46 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 56 Write 55.8 Mixed 38.9 SusWrite 46.3 36% 49.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 33%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 445 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 129 130 130 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 123 Write 121 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 129 141% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 55%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101MBB 1TB 397 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 931GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 99.2 Write 73.3 Mixed 44.8 85% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 53% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE 4x8GB 969 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 44.6 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 38.7 119% 41.6 GB/s	SC Read 28.9 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 34.1 100% 34.9 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 128%

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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