MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	129% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '20 at 19:00
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 83.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 294 94% 175 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 808 82% 664 Pts	64-Core 1,088 67% 1,088 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Lighting 92.7 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 80.8 76% 86 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 77.8 Splatting 73.9 72% 89.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT23B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 476 475 486 361 357 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 487 Mixed 442 SusWrite 436 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 64 209% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 371 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 126%
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 528GB free Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 444 457 467 461 464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 472 Mixed 415 SusWrite 456 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 46.1 174% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 246 197% 277 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 115%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 169 168 170 168 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 171 Write 164 Mixed 120 SusWrite 168 210% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 130% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 34.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 31.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 110%

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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%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	860x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
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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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16