MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


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 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '19 at 11:46
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 71.9 1-Core 155 2-Core 305 94% 178 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 936 95% 768 Pts	64-Core 1,018 63% 1,018 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 71.5 Parallax 62.7 53% 66.3 fps	MRender 75.3 Gravity 62.3 Splatting 56.8 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 506 Write 452 Mixed 369 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 60.3 205% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 369 278% 370 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 28GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 355 358 358 359 360 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 490 Write 357 Mixed 253 SusWrite 358 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 16.2 118% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 86.8 108% 190 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.2% Good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 26.7 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 24.5 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 97 41% 97 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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