MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.7% 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	267% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 18:59
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 700 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 945 58% 945 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.3% 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: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 114 Parallax 110 98% 115 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 102 Splatting 83.3 86% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 753 433 434 434 431 428 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2560 Write 2,216 Mixed 1,631 SusWrite 486 384% 1,723 MB/s	4K Read 66.1 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 91.9 307% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,011 DQ Write 752 DQ Mixed 881 659% 881 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 302%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 106GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 130 172 266 137 253 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.2% Below average	Read 178 Write 85.7 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 210 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 20.6 4K Mixed 11.9 52% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 14.1 DQ Write 15.2 DQ Mixed 14.4 11% 14.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 354GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 176 177 176 177 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 162 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 174 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 132% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 92,358 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 37.5 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 30.8 92% 32 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
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 $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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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