MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	230% 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

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 21:33
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 747 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 950 59% 950 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 0466) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 58.1 Parallax 85.5 56% 70.8 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 75.7 55% 65.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 593 339 339 337 337 338 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,378 Write 1475 Mixed 1,273 SusWrite 380 304% 1,376 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 73.5 246% 84.2 MB/s	DQ Read 909 DQ Write 693 DQ Mixed 863 628% 822 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 302GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 39 40 40 40 41 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 121%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 158 161 168 166 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 109 Write 127 Mixed 93 SusWrite 164 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.6 422% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 43.6 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 35 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.5 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 28.1 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

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

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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	339x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	436x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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) $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