MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.3% 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	206% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '19 at 19:02
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.05 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 786 74% 616 Pts	64-Core 1,025 63% 1,025 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3425 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 100 Parallax 92.4 86% 99.4 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 82.1 78% 98.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 221GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 859 731 744 748 748 741 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,231 Write 1,335 Mixed 1,094 SusWrite 762 249% 1,105 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 66.8 226% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 995 DQ Write 833 DQ Mixed 910 683% 913 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 228%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 464GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 396 396 398 396 395 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 493 Mixed 394 SusWrite 407 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 52.7 185% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 290 236% 336 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 34.6 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 28.6 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%

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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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,090x
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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16