MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '20 at 15:16
Run Duration	80 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 2600-$191 564,646 User benchmarks, average bench 77% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 667 70% 550 Pts	64-Core 914 61% 914 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$230 134,577 User benchmarks, average bench 69% MSI(1462 3790) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.8% Good	Lighting 88 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 70.5 71% 79.7 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 71.6 60% 71.2 fps
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 73%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$45 23,163 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 1,857 Write 909 Mixed 139 209% 968 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 41.2 132% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 488 373% 495 MB/s
Poor: 150% Great: 272%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 7,277 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 17.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.7 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 63%

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

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $191Bench 77%, 564,646 samples	5,770x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $198Bench 84%, 703,010 samples	3,993x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $270Bench 82%, 409,574 samples	2,911x

GPU
RX 580AMD $218Bench 55%, 626,711 samples	2,043x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 107%, 302,536 samples	1,733x
RTX 2060Nvidia $338Bench 88%, 359,315 samples	1,710x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 106%, 481,221 samples	1,488x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $100Bench 114%, 367,037 samples	799x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $110Bench 191%, 119,603 samples	672x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 83%, 417,739 samples	2,623x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 360,684 samples	1,426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $77Bench 84%, 197,976 samples	941x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $208	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $47	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16