MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '20 at 13:28
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$183 586,670 User benchmarks, average bench 77% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 725 75% 589 Pts	64-Core 946 64% 946 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$230 143,922 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC7) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 2496 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73% Very good	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 82.1 Parallax 71.3 78% 83.4 fps	MRender 88.5 Gravity 82.1 Splatting 77.6 67% 82.7 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 161,279 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 391 426 428 452 413 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 454 Mixed 434 SusWrite 419 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 38 128% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 166 143% 219 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$104 115,209 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 431GB free Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 398 437 428 454 422 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 457 Mixed 406 SusWrite 429 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 39.8 128% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 87.3 DQ Mixed 168 140% 212 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$40 754,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 747GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 183 196 191 201 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 192 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 192 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$73 479,768 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 41.9 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 34.1 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 28.7 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 103%

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

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $183Bench 77%, 586,670 samples	6,277x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $200Bench 84%, 719,435 samples	4,290x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $266Bench 82%, 412,984 samples	3,147x

GPU
RX 580AMD $220Bench 55%, 649,103 samples	2,192x
RTX 2060Nvidia $338Bench 89%, 371,694 samples	1,867x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 107%, 270,701 samples	1,819x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $60Bench 106%, 503,065 samples	1,595x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 114%, 404,139 samples	871x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $110Bench 196%, 119,402 samples	719x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 81%, 479,768 samples	2,808x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 377,583 samples	1,536x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $77Bench 84%, 199,555 samples	1,009x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $666

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10400F $151	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
Intel Core i5-10600K $230	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $327	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16