MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190705
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '20 at 06:31
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 81.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 286 93% 172 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 815 87% 693 Pts	64-Core 1,044 65% 1,044 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 854A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2039 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 75.8 Parallax 73.4 63% 75.5 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 70 Splatting 71.7 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 309GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 492 492 492 495 496 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 474 Mixed 417 SusWrite 492 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 65.9 221% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 372 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%
Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 320GB-$150 10,092 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: JPFOA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 36 40 43 42 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 37 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 41 26% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 50%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 666GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 160 176 179 178 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 178 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 173 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 5,028 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 34.4 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 33.3 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.6% 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 $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
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	339x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	436x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	234x

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	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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