MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	271% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	18.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '20 at 10:01
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.05 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 801 79% 646 Pts	64-Core 938 58% 938 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2175 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 68.8 64% 75.6 fps	MRender 76.3 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 78 63% 76.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$80 8,191 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 426GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1541 1595 1605 516 466 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,414 Write 1,539 Mixed 1,310 SusWrite 1,032 350% 1,574 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 78.4 256% 87.1 MB/s	DQ Read 793 DQ Write 632 DQ Mixed 726 540% 717 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 308%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 868GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 108 111 111 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 145 Write 115 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 110 148% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 0.8 284% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 65%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 500GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 43GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 9 8.9 7.5 6.4 8.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	2.13% Terrible	Read 2.5 Write 3.7 Mixed 2 SusWrite 8.1 6% 4.07 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 2.13% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD44G266681 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 PSD44G266681 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 24GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 32.8 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.4 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 29.9 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 102%

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

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,752x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,093x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	342x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $694

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16