MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.1% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 21:15
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$180 558,833 User benchmarks, average bench 77% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 207 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 663 65% 521 Pts	64-Core 858 58% 858 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 129,803 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 83.8 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 79.3 68% 83.7 fps	MRender 69.4 Gravity 77 Splatting 69.7 61% 72 fps
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 67%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$53 125,419 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 449 456 459 449 457 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 444 Mixed 358 SusWrite 448 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 35.4 131% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 169 161% 247 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 104%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$66 257,819 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 72GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 127 133 131 133 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 432 Write 153 Mixed 191 SusWrite 132 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 35.6 130% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 129 109% 161 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$103 61,883 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 716GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 106 103 105 104 107 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 105 70% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$52 280,094 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 803GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 168 165 173 175 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 125 Write 140 Mixed 72.4 SusWrite 168 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 79% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4RL.M8FE 4x8GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 42.5 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 38.3 113% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 31.7 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%

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

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 45%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $180Bench 77%, 558,833 samples	5,815x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $198Bench 84%, 694,528 samples	4,023x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $270Bench 82%, 412,781 samples	2,931x

GPU
RX 580AMD $218Bench 55%, 623,105 samples	2,060x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 107%, 307,597 samples	1,742x
RTX 2060Nvidia $338Bench 89%, 352,805 samples	1,727x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 107%, 478,856 samples	1,501x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 115%, 336,749 samples	804x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $110Bench 191%, 116,151 samples	676x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 83%, 417,739 samples	2,655x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 377,979 samples	1,432x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $77Bench 85%, 193,844 samples	947x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16