MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.1% 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	87.8% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 07:55
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 79.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 653 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 846 52% 846 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 84.9 Parallax 173 87% 121 fps	MRender 84.2 Gravity 121 Splatting 120 90% 108 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 157 148 135 121 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 444 Write 408 Mixed 348 SusWrite 169 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 44.6 149% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 301 225% 299 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 34GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 70 77 60 47 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 424 Write 71 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 60.7 34% 160 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 18.5 71% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 48.9 DQ Mixed 43.3 69% 141 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 73%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 2GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 36 35 34 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 34 Write 35.5 Mixed 27 SusWrite 34.4 45% 32.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 83% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 45%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 86GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 37 37 36 37 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 36.3 Write 33.7 Mixed 25 SusWrite 36.2 44% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.9% Very good	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 29.2 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 103%

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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	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 $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 $295	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 $40	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