MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.6% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '20 at 23:11
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 711 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 918 57% 918 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 84.1 Reflection 88.7 Parallax 79.5 68% 84.1 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 77.4 Splatting 69.9 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 446 453 459 455 456 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 380 Write 304 Mixed 290 SusWrite 449 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 36.2 134% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 170 162% 248 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 102%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 72GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 134 134 135 137 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 430 Write 151 Mixed 195 SusWrite 132 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 36.6 132% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 122 106% 158 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 719GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 103 104 104 106 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 108 Write 98.6 Mixed 56.4 SusWrite 104 67% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 822GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 172 166 177 181 187 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 122 Write 129 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 175 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4RL.M8FE 4x8GB 184 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 44.1 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 38.7 118% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 28.1 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 33.8 96% 33.4 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 115%

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Desktop 80%

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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	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