MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.2% 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	299% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 10:06
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 191 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 731 67% 561 Pts	64-Core 1039 64% 1039 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PowerColor(148C 2378) CLim: 1380 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 70.1 Parallax 87.4 55% 74.9 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 57.7 53% 65.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$234 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2134 2197 2215 1845 1158 1158 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 2,366 Write 2,257 Mixed 1,610 SusWrite 1,784 450% 2,005 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 64.9 212% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 792 DQ Write 544 DQ Mixed 735 531% 691 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 371%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 105GB free Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 153 144 58 59 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 497 Write 444 Mixed 414 SusWrite 146 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 30.9 137% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 1.2 81% 192 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 22GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 72 71 72 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 82 Write 82.5 Mixed 54 SusWrite 71.2 53% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 11,534 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 16.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 15.9 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 64%

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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 $125Bench 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	434x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

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 $179	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