MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 10:10
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 77 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 715 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 910 56% 910 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 04AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1206 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.11.1 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.1% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 61.9 Parallax 59.5 35% 54.7 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 44.2 Splatting 49.8 42% 51.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 88 100 88 108 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 272 Write 132 Mixed 198 SusWrite 96.8 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 31.6 131% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 91.5 79% 115 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 73%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 948GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 83 82 79 80 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 90.5 Write 88.7 Mixed 49 SusWrite 81.7 57% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 8,943 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.5% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 15.2 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 58%

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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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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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	435x
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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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