MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57% 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	246% 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	10.8 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 16:38
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 81.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 786 76% 628 Pts	64-Core 975 60% 975 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.5% 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: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57% Above average	Lighting 68.6 Reflection 74.3 Parallax 68.7 56% 70.5 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 68.6 59% 72.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57% 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: 2007 2174 2041 789 454 474 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,742 Write 1,237 Mixed 1,706 SusWrite 1,323 338% 1,502 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 64.4 211% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 730 DQ Write 588 DQ Mixed 652 490% 656 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 332%
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 71GB free Firmware: UE4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 118 77 64 64 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 444 Write 177 Mixed 262 SusWrite 107 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 18.7 76% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 80 DQ Mixed 38.9 45% 79.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 287GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 121 121 128 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 107 Write 108 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 122 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 43.3 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 34.5 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.5 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 27.8 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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

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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