MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.8% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '18 at 10:32
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 77.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 726 74% 599 Pts	64-Core 968 60% 968 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Asus(1043 052F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1176 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Lighting 28.8 Reflection 30.9 Parallax 36.8 24% 32.2 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 27.9 Splatting 33.7 25% 30.6 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 120GB-$80 2,275 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 90 84 88 88 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 469 Write 384 Mixed 336 SusWrite 90.4 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 33.7 143% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 208 182% 268 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 181 181 181 182 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 167 Mixed 97.1 SusWrite 180 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 256% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 11GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.1 8 9.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	8.74% Terrible	Read 38 Write 11.3 Mixed 8.8 SusWrite 9.2 18% 16.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.74% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2133 2OZ 2x4GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 27.3 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 84.5 47% 84.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 80%

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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