MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.7% 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	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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '20 at 19:13
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 3600-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 83 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 95% 177 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 966 96% 781 Pts	64-Core 1,122 69% 1,122 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Zotac(19DA 5527) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3700 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 92.1 Parallax 87.3 82% 93.4 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 84.6 Splatting 79.9 78% 97.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 494 494 497 350 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 497 Mixed 472 SusWrite 436 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.5 210% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 362 274% 369 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 716GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 492 423 405 403 403 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 497 Mixed 389 SusWrite 435 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 58.9 200% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 262 227% 335 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 126%
Seagate IronWolf 6TB (2017)-$121 553 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 188 185 189 189 189 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,140 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3066 MHz clocked @ 1533 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 36.4 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 36 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 161%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,087x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	434x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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