MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.9% 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	101% 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

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	May 28 '20 at 02:41
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 698 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 934 58% 934 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 66 Parallax 60.8 54% 64.5 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 53.9 50% 62.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$33 12,447 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1115D0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 197 277 224 76 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 1,302 Write 907 Mixed 709 SusWrite 177 171% 774 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 10.2 113% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 56.9 DQ Mixed 215 142% 173 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 228%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 42GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 102 102 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 150 Write 106 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 102 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 113%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 418GB free Firmware: GR2OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 100 97 101 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 103 Mixed 39 SusWrite 100 62% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 27,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 31.8 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 25.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 107%

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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	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