MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.3% 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	123% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '19 at 16:13
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 82.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 91% 168 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 817 86% 687 Pts	64-Core 1,038 64% 1,038 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% PNY(196E 1315) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 114 Parallax 109 95% 113 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 101 Splatting 83 85% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 646GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 485 482 490 493 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 491 Mixed 413 SusWrite 486 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 51.2 183% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 366 275% 367 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 121%
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 183GB free Firmware: CS900112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 233 137 152 136 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 162 Mixed 320 SusWrite 208 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 39.3 159% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 205 174% 252 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 709GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 75 75 76 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 171 Write 84.2 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 74.9 73% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 BLS8G4D30AESEK.M8FE CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 BLS8G4D30AESEK.M8FE 32GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 38.3 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.9 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 36.3 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 94%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,750x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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