MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.9% 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	110% 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, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 09:54
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 7 1800X-$60 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 72.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 77% 141 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 662 70% 562 Pts	64-Core 1,245 77% 1,245 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 8619) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Lighting 72.1 Reflection 74.3 Parallax 68.4 59% 71.6 fps	MRender 67.3 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 67.8 56% 68.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 339 340 334 332 330 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 482 Mixed 424 SusWrite 332 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 51.5 170% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 255 222% 331 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 474GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 459 461 466 466 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 460 Mixed 400 SusWrite 446 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 43.6 146% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 295 222% 295 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 749GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 146 142 142 142 143 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 160 Write 162 Mixed 97.4 SusWrite 142 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMH32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GB 11,125 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83% Excellent	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 30.5 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 94.8 42% 94.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 112%

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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	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
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 $129Bench 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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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