MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '19 at 08:50
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^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-$155 179,588 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)	89% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 783 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 1,001 62% 1,001 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 67.1 62% 73.5 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 74.6 60% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 452 456 461 464 445 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 469 Mixed 440 SusWrite 454 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 51.7 171% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 296 244% 350 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 125%
CT250MX500SSD4 250GB 16,301 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 232GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 444 445 451 300 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 451 Mixed 437 SusWrite 378 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 51.1 170% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 229 186% 262 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 121%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 140 149 148 147 148 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 165 Write 153 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 146 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (99^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	106% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 34.3 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 27.2 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 30.5 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

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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%

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	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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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