MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.1% 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	68.3% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 05:18
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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 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 (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 722 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 944 58% 944 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2066) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 111 Parallax 97.4 90% 107 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 84.1 84% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 103 113 118 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 471 Write 115 Mixed 128 SusWrite 111 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 20.7 111% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 50.9 83% 166 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 82GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 69 69 69 71 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 130 Write 118 Mixed 120 SusWrite 69.6 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 34.8 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.6 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 28.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

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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%

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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	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	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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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