MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '19 at 13:30
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 71.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 88% 165 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 824 84% 678 Pts	64-Core 998 62% 998 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1660 MHz, MLim: 988 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.5 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 92.7 Parallax 148 80% 113 fps	MRender 91.1 Gravity 111 Splatting 131 93% 111 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 185GB free Firmware: SS0328D Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1035 1017 1055 846 258 261 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,706 Write 1,135 Mixed 178 SusWrite 745 259% 1,191 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 95.2 243% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 829 DQ Write 1,143 DQ Mixed 485 506% 819 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 271%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: HPG3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 106 112 102 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 118 Write 80.3 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 108 73% 98 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 2x8GB 2,853 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68% Good	MC Read 29 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 26.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 24.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 98.9 40% 98.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 115%

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

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

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	1,088x
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	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 $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 $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 $40	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