MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	135% 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

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '20 at 05:55
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 82.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 774 76% 621 Pts	64-Core 1,274 79% 1,274 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PowerColor(148C 2378) CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.1 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.4% Average	Lighting 55.9 Reflection 69.9 Parallax 79.8 46% 68.5 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 57.3 Splatting 60.3 51% 62.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 256GB 15,205 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 261 261 260 275 264 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 724 Write 794 Mixed 317 SusWrite 278 118% 528 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 56.4 185% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 695 DQ Write 720 DQ Mixed 486 426% 634 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 230%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA640 2TB-$41 7,860 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 25GB free Firmware: MK7OAA10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 125 124 123 123 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 114 Write 115 Mixed 75 SusWrite 124 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 169GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 90 91 88 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 113 Write 115 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 89.8 72% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 70%
WD My Book 640GB 1,033 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 27GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 36 35 36 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 34 Write 30.2 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 35.7 43% 31.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 114% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TO408G32S816CS2GRK 2x8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 43 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 35.1 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 25.5 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 29 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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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	1,088x
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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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