MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	170% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '19 at 02:09
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 242 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 731 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 973 60% 973 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 90.9 Parallax 84.3 82% 92.1 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 89.4 Splatting 79 73% 91.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 604 423 425 417 420 409 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 2,132 Write 1,978 Mixed 1,412 SusWrite 450 333% 1,493 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 50.9 165% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 153 106% 133 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 302%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 168GB free Firmware: LCSi SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 159 153 166 171 169 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 355 Write 197 Mixed 242 SusWrite 164 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 30.8 112% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 148 108% 141 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 88%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 682GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 461 463 461 463 461 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 464 Mixed 440 SusWrite 462 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 39.6 128% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 134 101% 134 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (96^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 33.9 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 30.2 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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	339x

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	234x

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 $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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