MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.7% 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	210% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191028
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '20 at 22:30
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 78 1-Core 119 2-Core 231 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 691 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 943 58% 943 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1386 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 71.7 Parallax 93.8 54% 77.3 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 67.5 Splatting 57.9 53% 65.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Viper M.2 VPN100 1TB 3,813 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 852GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1555 827 883 856 882 872 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,193 Write 2,421 Mixed 1,559 SusWrite 979 349% 1,538 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 66.9 212% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 937 DQ Write 685 DQ Mixed 859 629% 827 MB/s
Poor: 156% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 287%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 66GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 481 475 476 479 479 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 472 Mixed 378 SusWrite 478 103% 460 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 44.8 158% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 353 270% 365 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3000NM0015-1VT10N 3TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 1.5TB free Firmware: TS02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 168 169 170 170 170 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 176 Mixed 87.2 SusWrite 169 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.2 271% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 111%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 0GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 112 125 124 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 133 Write 123 Mixed 112 SusWrite 121 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 76%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 5GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 11 10 10 11 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 123 Write 17 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 10.8 34% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 49% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 23%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 88 Write 62.4 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 81.7 97% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 26.5 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.8 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 84.3 47% 84.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 104%

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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