MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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	51.6% 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	41.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '22 at 14:29
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 206 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 670 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 1039 64% 1039 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% MSI(1462 3980) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 22.5.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.6% Above average	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 137 Parallax 302 0% 146 fps	MRender 233 Gravity 155 Splatting 174 151% 188 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 38 28 21 22 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 460 Write 287 Mixed 114 SusWrite 44.5 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 20.6 33% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 157 127% 175 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 100%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 171 168 172 167 166 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 134 Write 152 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 168 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 382% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 104%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB 11,708 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 734GB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 117 117 117 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 115 Write 115 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 117 66% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Portable 4TB 3,750 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 36.5 Write 38.1 Mixed 29.1 SusWrite 38.8 26% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 179% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE 2x8GB 15,011 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 43.3 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 35 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 26.2 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 30.8 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%

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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	434x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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