MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81% 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	213% 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	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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '19 at 05:39
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.05 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 797 80% 649 Pts	64-Core 1,020 63% 1,020 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 95.3 Parallax 89.6 83% 95.4 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 92.7 Splatting 81.2 78% 97.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 894 924 919 935 932 652 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,441 Write 943 Mixed 908 SusWrite 876 233% 1,042 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 69.7 244% 85.8 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 820 DQ Mixed 220 272% 464 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 242%
TEAML5Lite3D120G 120GB 2,389 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 111GB free Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 159 188 148 148 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 355 Mixed 408 SusWrite 171 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 57.1 192% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 123 141% 240 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 586GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 152 152 153 153 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 140 Mixed 89.7 SusWrite 151 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 230% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 109%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 464GB free Firmware: GM4OA57A SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 91 91 91 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 89 Write 88.5 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 90.4 58% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 34.8 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.1 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 29.2 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
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 $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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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