MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.3% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '20 at 03:10
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^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 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 733 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 936 58% 936 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB; 06G-P4-1667-KB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 92 Parallax 88.9 82% 93.8 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 88.6 Splatting 77.4 74% 93.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6104000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 276 211 127 118 112 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 476 Mixed 391 SusWrite 214 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 48.7 170% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 284 232% 332 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 119%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 23GB free Firmware: 520ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 119 122 124 124 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 392 Write 145 Mixed 188 SusWrite 119 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 37.7 143% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 146 110% 149 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 73%
Mushkin Pilot NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$149 3,554 User benchmarks, average bench 221% 121GB free Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1448 1075 227 716 1544 1002 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,240 Write 1,542 Mixed 1,115 SusWrite 1,002 328% 1,475 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 75.8 248% 87.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,057 DQ Write 949 DQ Mixed 970 736% 992 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 322%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 33.4 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 27 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 106%

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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%

Destroyer

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	1,091x
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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16