MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.01% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	81.2% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '20 at 17:39
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 76.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 250 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 734 76% 610 Pts	64-Core 940 58% 940 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Zotac(19DA 730B) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.01% Terrible	Lighting 6.07 Reflection 6.65 Parallax 7.56 5% 6.76 fps	MRender 4.05 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 7.09 5% 6.11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.01% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 500G 500GB 12,292 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 214 189 227 235 239 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 335 Write 268 Mixed 252 SusWrite 224 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 36.6 129% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 134 150% 258 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 116%
T-force 500GB 500GB 6,415 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 72GB free Firmware: 02K0S8FA SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 439 437 447 448 448 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 444 Mixed 444 SusWrite 444 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 50.4 164% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 138 143% 233 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 126%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 92GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 89 91 93 98 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 77.8 Write 79.7 Mixed 53 SusWrite 89.8 55% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 86%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA640 2TB-$37 7,860 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 911GB free Firmware: MK7OAA10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 134 137 131 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 121 Write 118 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 134 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 83%
Patriot Supersonic Boost XT USB 3.0 16GB-$10 179 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 14GB free, PID 5100 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 7.3 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 11.7 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 12 19% 17.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.8 66% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 19%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 25.2 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 21.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 87.1 46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 104%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
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 $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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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