MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.6% 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	116% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '19 at 07:21
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 78.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 231 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 800 78% 638 Pts	64-Core 999 62% 999 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1563 MHz, MLim: 1832 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 435.80 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Lighting 71.8 Reflection 76 Parallax 73.8 58% 73.9 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 68 Splatting 61 56% 69.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 302 300 299 289 254 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 478 Mixed 391 SusWrite 309 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 58.3 195% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 364 277% 372 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 218GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 190 192 196 196 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 469 Mixed 348 SusWrite 236 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 46.3 159% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 245 211% 313 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 101%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 139GB free Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 394 248 121 139 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 413 Write 410 Mixed 355 SusWrite 241 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 17.7 92% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 29.1 80% 165 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 696GB free Firmware: HP40 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 122 121 123 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 116 Write 110 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 122 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR2 2x8GB 2,319 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.5% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 26.7 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 84 48% 84 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 79%

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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 $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	339x

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	234x

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	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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