MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '20 at 00:14
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (52^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 224 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 673 64% 531 Pts	64-Core 890 55% 890 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2167) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.9% Good	Lighting 74.5 Reflection 101 Parallax 99 61% 91.4 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 87.9 Splatting 77.5 76% 95.4 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$45 6,819 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 140 92 39 57 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 662 Write 668 Mixed 541 SusWrite 122 112% 498 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 44.8 142% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 406 DQ Mixed 294 232% 317 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 140%
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB 12,047 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 283GB free Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 285 302 279 281 251 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 455 Mixed 372 SusWrite 295 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 47.8 161% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 247 215% 319 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 122%
WD WD3200AVVS-63L2B0 320GB 8,287 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 80GB free Firmware: 01.03A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 59 59 60 60 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 59.3 Write 55 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 59.5 39% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 33.6 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.9 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 28.1 86% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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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	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