MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '20 at 16:56
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$125 179,588 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 (93^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 701 66% 546 Pts	64-Core 928 57% 928 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 73.8 65% 77.1 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 72 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 171 66 64 42 66 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 469 Write 351 Mixed 339 SusWrite 133 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 30.2 125% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 164 145% 214 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 395GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 125 125 120 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 116 Write 114 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 122 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 170 171 171 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 163 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 170 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 10GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.3 7.9 8 7.9 7.9 7.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	6.17% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 9.7 Mixed 12.2 SusWrite 7.8 16% 13.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.8 45% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.17% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,584 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 36 116% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 30.1 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 119%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,750x
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 $45Bench 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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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