MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% 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 82.4%, 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	64.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	12.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '21 at 05:20
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	DOM-User
Background CPU	9%

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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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 69.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 273 87% 162 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 848 83% 679 Pts	64-Core 1,014 63% 1,014 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57% Above average	Lighting 70.2 Reflection 77.1 Parallax 78.6 57% 75.3 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 67.7 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X01c83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 79 41 34 36 39 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 419 Write 320 Mixed 279 SusWrite 59.4 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 33 126% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 56.2 60% 99 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 101%
Sandisk Z400s M.2 2280 256GB 2,644 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 72GB free Firmware: Z2329012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 305 300 313 308 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 458 Write 304 Mixed 224 SusWrite 306 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 16.1 110% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 83 107% 190 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 80%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 783GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 124 126 126 126 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 85.8 Write 107 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 124 70% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.7 212% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 71%
WD Elements 2621 2TB 11,378 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1TB free, PID 2621 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 104 104 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 124 Write 106 Mixed 69 SusWrite 105 133% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.3 158% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.6% Good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 25.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 25.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 109%

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

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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	339x

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	234x

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	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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