MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	200% 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

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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '19 at 19:40
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 80.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 233 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 762 75% 611 Pts	64-Core 924 57% 924 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57% Above average	Lighting 69.9 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 59.4 57% 65.7 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 66.3 Splatting 69.5 57% 69.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$30 11,181 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1061 412 302 303 303 302 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,880 Write 1,083 Mixed 1,097 SusWrite 447 250% 1,127 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 58.4 206% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 709 DQ Write 827 DQ Mixed 703 548% 746 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 223%
PNY CS900 240GB-$25 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 223GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 264 68 66 66 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 496 Write 379 Mixed 347 SusWrite 154 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 31.9 138% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 164 150% 226 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 91%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 111GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 86 79 66 76 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 262 Write 131 Mixed 175 SusWrite 76.3 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 37.2 134% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 94.7 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 101 79% 107 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 29.6 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 25.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 89%

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

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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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $21Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $704

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16