MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 01:46
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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-$145 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 228 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 639 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 918 57% 918 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 114 Parallax 109 96% 114 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 82 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 75 82 88 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 138 Write 134 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 81.4 70% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 103%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 270GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 129 130 130 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 159 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 130 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 130% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.6% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 26.5 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.8 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 86.1 46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 109%

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

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,754x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,093x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	863x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	343x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	303x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	661x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Total price: $689

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16