MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.5% 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	130% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '20 at 15:59
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 227 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 751 73% 599 Pts	64-Core 925 57% 925 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% XFX(1682 9C10) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1700 MHz, MLim: 1075 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 95.7 Parallax 186 93% 132 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 128 Splatting 136 100% 119 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.T Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 231 233 249 237 214 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 810 Write 726 Mixed 789 SusWrite 265 145% 648 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 47.3 164% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 698 DQ Write 701 DQ Mixed 587 472% 662 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 141%
Amd-raid Array 2 479GB 249 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 160GB free Firmware: 9.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 213 245 169 199 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 868 Write 600 Mixed 536 SusWrite 249 125% 563 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 31.3 126% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 200 178% 261 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 162%
Amd-raid WDC WD10EZEX-00W 1TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 406GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 55 56 40 41 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 113 Write 112 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 54.9 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 101%

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 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 44.4 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 34.6 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 27.7 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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