MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.8% 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	82.2% 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	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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '21 at 21:59
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 1600X-$120 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 78.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 803 79% 647 Pts	64-Core 1,006 62% 1,006 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1474 MHz, MLim: 2028 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.10.2 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.8% Above average	Lighting 62.4 Reflection 70 Parallax 90.9 51% 74.4 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 67.4 Splatting 51.5 51% 63.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 86 168 57 40 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 456 Write 146 Mixed 334 SusWrite 127 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 37.6 144% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 197 169% 247 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 94%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 116GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 63 64 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 99.1 Write 100 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 63.4 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 44GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 94 94 94 94 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 192 Write 132 Mixed 102 SusWrite 93.7 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$47 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 186GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 169 175 174 178 180 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 73.4 Write 98.7 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 173 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$47 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 393GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 139 148 147 147 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 104 Write 123 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 143 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 85% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 2x8GB 30,532 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 42.2 MC Mixed 35 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.9 SC Write 42.2 SC Mixed 31.1 96% 33.4 GB/s	Latency 83.8 48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,755x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,094x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	865x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	344x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	663x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16