MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	129% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '23 at 20:43
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 2700X-$190 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 80.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 855 80% 665 Pts	64-Core 1,216 75% 1,216 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Lighting 93.8 Reflection 132 Parallax 86.3 76% 104 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 80.7 Splatting 72.6 71% 89.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDHL120GB-D8 120GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0G SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 84 193 198 94 132 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 1,617 Write 495 Mixed 371 SusWrite 148 142% 658 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 34.5 131% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 410 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 62.7 122% 248 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 159%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$62 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 25GB free Firmware: UF500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 27 45 150 35 20 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 445 Write 348 Mixed 233 SusWrite 79.3 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 11.6 66% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 68.6 DQ Mixed 34.5 41% 73.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 55%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 433GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 139 139 136 136 136 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 169 Write 134 Mixed 97.6 SusWrite 136 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 189 188 188 188 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 175 Mixed 106 SusWrite 185 122% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FD 2x8GB 9,486 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 30.2 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 28.4 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 96%

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,763x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $78Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,098x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	869x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	563x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	476x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	345x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	441x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	665x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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