MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.3% 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	44.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '20 at 14:54
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 80.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 704 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 894 55% 894 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.3% Average	Lighting 54.4 Reflection 112 Parallax 99.2 44% 88.5 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 54.5 Splatting 63.4 53% 65.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 12 2.8 11 136 99 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 448 Write 337 Mixed 324 SusWrite 86.6 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 33.3 4K Mixed 8.6 61% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 74.7 DQ Mixed 29.2 39% 71.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 56%
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 7,201 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 221GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 208 207 209 207 208 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 506 Write 458 Mixed 326 SusWrite 214 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 32.8 143% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 282 213% 284 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 526GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 169 168 169 168 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 151 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 168 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 109%

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 @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 33.7 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 25.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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