MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.3% 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	266% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 23:50
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 127 2-Core 243 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 790 79% 641 Pts	64-Core 1,035 64% 1,035 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.3% Above average	Lighting 63.4 Reflection 68 Parallax 62.6 52% 64.7 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 67.1 Splatting 63 54% 65.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$80 8,191 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1474 1569 1231 306 408 397 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,412 Write 1530 Mixed 1,207 SusWrite 898 336% 1,511 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 76.4 254% 87.8 MB/s	DQ Read 750 DQ Write 864 DQ Mixed 781 595% 798 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 308%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 291GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 483 484 486 486 485 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 484 Mixed 372 SusWrite 482 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 57.4 191% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 370 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 183GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 198 191 191 191 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 478 Mixed 342 SusWrite 211 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 45.3 154% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 252 215% 316 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 32.6 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 27.4 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

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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 $125Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

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 $179	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