MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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

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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '19 at 13:39
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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-$125 179,588 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)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 780 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 1,004 62% 1,004 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1495 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 81.6 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 100 66% 86.3 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 81.5 Splatting 65.1 60% 75 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT250MX500SSD4 250GB 16,301 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 458 458 426 193 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 453 Mixed 453 SusWrite 361 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 54.4 182% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 246 195% 270 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 121%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 136GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 469 470 474 472 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 470 Mixed 448 SusWrite 468 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 53.9 185% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 295 244% 349 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 33.5 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.9 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 27.8 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

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Desktop 80%

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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	1,088x
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