MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.6% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	10.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 15:44
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$155 179,588 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 (100^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 232 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 755 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 937 58% 937 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 119 Parallax 111 100% 117 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 103 Splatting 87.3 87% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 398 410 414 418 315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 437 Mixed 274 SusWrite 373 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 45.7 172% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 224 190% 275 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$79 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 142 150 145 148 149 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 85.2 Write 106 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 146 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 41% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 45.5 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 35.9 117% 41 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 31.1 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 111%

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Gaming 70%

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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	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	858x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	339x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	436x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	234x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $737

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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