MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% 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	194% 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.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '19 at 14:59
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 77.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 709 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 918 57% 918 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 153 80% 113 fps	MRender 86.8 Gravity 103 Splatting 124 88% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLW128HEGR-000H1 128GB 8,655 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB73H1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 158 155 155 155 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,883 Write 658 Mixed 554 SusWrite 165 177% 815 MB/s	4K Read 55.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 69.3 240% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 894 DQ Write 665 DQ Mixed 664 528% 741 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 317%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 145 144 146 146 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 150 Write 146 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 145 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 52,667 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 26.6 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 23.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 103%

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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	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 $45Bench 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 $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