MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	128% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '20 at 01:18
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 82.7 1-Core 148 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 855 81% 671 Pts	64-Core 1,058 66% 1,058 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Lighting 92.3 Reflection 83.9 Parallax 81.5 75% 85.9 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 76.7 Splatting 75.2 71% 89.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT23B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 476 479 459 339 339 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 481 Mixed 437 SusWrite 428 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 62.6 209% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 369 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 126%
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 267GB free Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 250 363 467 337 301 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 457 Mixed 370 SusWrite 353 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 51.4 168% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 248 198% 278 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 115%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 169 168 169 169 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 164 Write 170 Mixed 120 SusWrite 169 212% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 133% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 34.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 32.5 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 110%

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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