MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	285% 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, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '19 at 17:50
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 89.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 849 82% 676 Pts	64-Core 1,050 65% 1,050 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2387 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Lighting 84.3 Reflection 83.8 Parallax 73.3 69% 80.5 fps	MRender 86.8 Gravity 77.6 Splatting 79.6 66% 81.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$39 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1415 404 406 406 406 409 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,611 Write 2263 Mixed 1,637 SusWrite 574 395% 1,771 MB/s	4K Read 69.1 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 95.9 327% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 1,008 DQ Write 984 DQ Mixed 1,032 765% 1,008 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 302%
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 229GB free Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 473 475 475 476 321 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 475 Mixed 459 SusWrite 449 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 43.7 146% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 335 254% 341 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 585GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 118 119 119 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 122 Write 117 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 118 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 45.9 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 36.2 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 28.1 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 33.1 99% 34.6 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 103%

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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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,091x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16