MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.6% 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	113% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '20 at 18:43
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 685 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.6% Above average	Lighting 70.2 Reflection 72.1 Parallax 62.6 57% 68.3 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 69.1 56% 67.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 353 288 287 291 283 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 473 Mixed 395 SusWrite 326 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 54.5 181% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 370 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$97 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 835GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 120 124 121 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 157 Write 150 Mixed 38 SusWrite 121 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 108%
HP Photosmart C6180 1GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 1% 1GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 3 3 3.1 3 3.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	1.7% Terrible	Read 3.8 Write 2.3 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 3 4% 2.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.7% Great: 2%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 32.4 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 26.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,757x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,094x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	867x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	476x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	344x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	665x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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