MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '20 at 22:28
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 74.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 181 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 761 74% 609 Pts	64-Core 919 57% 919 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70% Good	Lighting 90.7 Reflection 85.8 Parallax 82 74% 86.2 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 80.1 Splatting 77.4 62% 75.8 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 480 Write 474 Mixed 412 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 53.8 177% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 361 274% 367 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 227GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 302 302 302 302 302 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 470 Mixed 391 SusWrite 318 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 50.3 174% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 294 221% 295 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 182GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 414 151 171 176 172 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 449 Write 400 Mixed 350 SusWrite 254 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 28.6 98% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 187 170% 258 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 101%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 67GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 316 317 318 318 318 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 455 Mixed 465 SusWrite 338 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 54.6 178% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 369 278% 373 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 129%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.5 0.8 2.6 3 2.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	9.24% Terrible	Read 21 Write 2.7 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 2.3 7% 7.55 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 95% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.24% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.6% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 90.8 44% 90.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 114%

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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	234x

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 $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 $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