MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.9% 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	233% 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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '22 at 16:32
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 80 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 740 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 922 57% 922 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 67.4 Reflection 72.5 Parallax 66.7 55% 68.9 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 67.8 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 17,082 User benchmarks, average bench 256% 310GB free (System drive) Firmware: P4CR Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1912 2068 1936 761 457 457 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,747 Write 2,157 Mixed 1,678 SusWrite 1,265 386% 1,712 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 58.6 191% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 661 DQ Write 536 DQ Mixed 592 445% 596 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 332%
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 71GB free Firmware: UE4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 67 87 68 69 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 441 Write 165 Mixed 265 SusWrite 92 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 30.1 4K Mixed 11.7 60% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 75.4 DQ Mixed 27 39% 72.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 287GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 124 122 141 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 103 Write 104 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 124 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 42.5 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 34.6 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.5 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 28.4 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 80.5 50% 80.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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

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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	1,087x
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 $46

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