MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '19 at 14:58
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 82.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 833 81% 663 Pts	64-Core 1,019 63% 1,019 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1645 MHz, MLim: 2230 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Lighting 90 Reflection 81.6 Parallax 108 73% 93.2 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 89 Splatting 67.1 63% 77.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,174 Write 5,920 Mixed 6,540 1,459% 6,545 MB/s	4K Read 424 4K Write 251 4K Mixed 302 1,164% 326 MB/s	DQ Read 1247 DQ Write 866 DQ Mixed 985 755% 1,033 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 848GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 164 165 164 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 165 Mixed 104 SusWrite 164 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 6,868 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3333 MHz clocked @ 1667 MHz Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	120% Outstanding	MC Read 48 MC Write 45.8 MC Mixed 38.7 126% 44.2 GB/s	SC Read 28.3 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 34.1 102% 35.7 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 103%

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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