MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	270% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 23:08
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 82.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 798 79% 644 Pts	64-Core 994 62% 994 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 86%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1270 1179 828 823 825 827 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 1,522 Write 1,291 Mixed 1,244 SusWrite 959 282% 1,254 MB/s	4K Read 70.9 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 97.1 325% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1309 DQ Write 912 DQ Mixed 1,068 809% 1,096 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 227GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 311 310 311 312 312 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 487 Mixed 422 SusWrite 327 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 58.2 195% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 368 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 540GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 91 92 91 92 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 64 Mixed 52 SusWrite 90.8 55% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 57%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 821GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 88 88 92 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 91.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 89.3 58% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 28.6 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.1 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 27.4 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

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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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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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