MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.1% 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)
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '21 at 11:52
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 3600XT-$359 30,318 User benchmarks, average bench 85% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 71.3 1-Core 157 2-Core 312 95% 180 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 880 85% 699 Pts	64-Core 1,064 66% 1,064 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.1% Above average	Lighting 69.2 Reflection 107 Parallax 65.6 56% 80.7 fps	MRender 66.5 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 66.5 56% 67.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,309 Write 1,480 Mixed 1570 395% 1,786 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 83.8 288% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 951 DQ Write 1,111 DQ Mixed 1,098 809% 1,053 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 26GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 502 Write 486 Mixed 419 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 57.7 201% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Jmicron Tech 1TB 305 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 614GB free Firmware: 0209 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 381 378 382 383 381 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 397 Write 386 Mixed 383 SusWrite 381 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 37.9 126% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 228 166% 217 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 605GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 30 30 29 30 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 138 Write 102 Mixed 72 SusWrite 29.8 63% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.6 164% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.5% Good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 26.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 24.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 98.3 41% 98.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 88%

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

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,748x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,086x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	558x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
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 $39Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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