MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.9%, 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	126% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '18 at 23:09
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 256 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 820 82% 666 Pts	64-Core 1047 65% 1047 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	57% Above average	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 85.5 59% 76.7 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 65.5 Splatting 58.4 53% 65.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 479 478 478 479 480 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 479 Mixed 419 SusWrite 478 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 60.2 202% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 302 227% 303 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
AMD T00 StoreMI 4.5TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4TB free Firmware: 1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 212 211 220 211 179 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14/8G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14/8G 32GB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 30.4 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 24.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 91%

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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