MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.4% 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	233% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190125
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 07:56
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 245 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 764 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 987 61% 987 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E353) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.7.2 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.4% Average	Lighting 60.7 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 85.3 50% 70.8 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 54.1 49% 61.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1139 1181 1155 1251 1219 1160 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,483 Write 1,357 Mixed 1033 SusWrite 1,184 284% 1,264 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 68.3 236% 81.9 MB/s	DQ Read 683 DQ Write 577 DQ Mixed 269 300% 509 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 295%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 441GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 422 410 444 428 406 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 463 Mixed 397 SusWrite 420 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 48.3 168% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 367 276% 368 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 121%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 27GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 80 62 69 85 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 384 Write 116 Mixed 130 SusWrite 73.8 38% 176 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 0.2 58% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 2.2 DQ Mixed 16.9 28% 58.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 78%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 189GB free Firmware: MS1OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 141 139 145 141 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 148 Write 156 Mixed 38 SusWrite 142 87% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 45.9 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 40.1 120% 42.2 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 32.4 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 109%

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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 $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