MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.8% 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	49.3% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '19 at 15:03
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 228 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 716 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 908 56% 908 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8387) 1.2GB CLim: 742 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	20.8% Poor	Lighting 24.6 Reflection 37.7 Parallax 27.7 20% 30 fps	MRender 37.5 Gravity 20.2 Splatting 25.3 22% 27.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 66 95 117 116 24 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 452 Write 364 Mixed 316 SusWrite 98 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 18.6 68% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 80.8 DQ Mixed 28.6 40% 74.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 55%
Adata HD680 2TB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 140 Write 136 Mixed 56.5 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.6 236% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 73%
Seagate STM3500418AS 500GB 8,252 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 425GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 125 125 126 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 126 Write 115 Mixed 68 SusWrite 125 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x4GB 5,732 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (94^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 33.5 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.5 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 29 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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Desktop 80%

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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 $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 $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 $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