MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.7% 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	57.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	16.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '19 at 07:44
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 2600X-$189 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 181 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 660 60% 503 Pts	64-Core 930 58% 930 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B9) 3GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.7% Poor	Lighting 34.7 Reflection 47.7 Parallax 31.2 28% 37.9 fps	MRender 48 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 34.3 32% 40.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 86 96 149 63 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 447 Write 192 Mixed 225 SusWrite 102 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 14.7 94% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 29.7 49% 95.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 72%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 330GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 78 78 80 80 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 118 Write 120 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 79.2 72% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 179GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 151 152 152 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 162 Write 148 Mixed 95.8 SusWrite 151 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (82^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 33.3 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 25.9 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 104%

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

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,752x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,092x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	342x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $698

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16