MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.4% 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	218% 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	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '19 at 08:24
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 87.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 843 82% 673 Pts	64-Core 1,034 64% 1,034 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.5% 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 (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 98 Parallax 99 86% 101 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 94.1 Splatting 82.6 79% 99.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% 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: 917 929 929 933 936 935 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,454 Write 944 Mixed 906 SusWrite 930 237% 1,059 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 71.3 249% 87.5 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 817 DQ Mixed 223 273% 464 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 242%
TEAML5Lite3D120G 120GB 2,389 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 111GB free Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 148 198 149 148 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 379 Mixed 409 SusWrite 173 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 57.8 195% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 124 141% 239 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 586GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 153 153 153 153 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 130 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 152 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 109%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 464GB free Firmware: GM4OA57A SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 87 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 90.6 58% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 52% 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 (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 35.3 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.6 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 30.2 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,087x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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