MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	269% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '21 at 00:13
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 759 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 929 58% 929 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 04E3) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1597 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Lighting 44.4 Reflection 48.1 Parallax 56.5 36% 49.7 fps	MRender 48.4 Gravity 43.4 Splatting 32.6 33% 41.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 35%

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% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 663 437 438 438 433 431 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,579 Write 2256 Mixed 1,654 SusWrite 473 388% 1,740 MB/s	4K Read 63.6 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 88.4 303% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,002 DQ Write 918 DQ Mixed 986 733% 969 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 302%
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$62 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 462GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 491 491 491 428 355 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 488 Mixed 459 SusWrite 458 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 60.9 201% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 370 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 130%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$41 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 44.6 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 34.9 115% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 29.2 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 120%

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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 $155Bench 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	435x
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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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