MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	254% 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, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '20 at 11:03
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 1600AF-$112 52,721 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 790 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 1016 63% 1016 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 872C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3725 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 97.7 Parallax 90.6 78% 94.7 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 86.4 Splatting 79.9 76% 95.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB 21,659 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32A0T54B SusWrite @10s intervals: 1625 1633 1550 1580 468 1490 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,337 Write 763 Mixed 1,345 SusWrite 1,391 324% 1,459 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 53.6 183% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 752 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 226 221% 369 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 318%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 290GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 436 428 426 412 278 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 438 Mixed 433 SusWrite 403 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 40 136% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 96.3 DQ Mixed 200 158% 228 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 125%
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 95GB free Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 81 130 112 111 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 458 Write 128 Mixed 277 SusWrite 151 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 17.3 70% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 73 DQ Mixed 42.2 46% 77.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3600 2OZ 2x8GB 2,717 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 49.2 MC Write 46.1 MC Mixed 40.2 129% 45.2 GB/s	SC Read 30.2 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 33 100% 35 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 119%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	860x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16