MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Jet ski


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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.5% 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	78.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '19 at 18:27
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	2%

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 4.05 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 86 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 809 80% 654 Pts	64-Core 1026 64% 1026 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Lighting 42 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 51.9 34% 41.5 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 39 Splatting 37.9 29% 35.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSDSC2BB960G7R 960GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 697GB free (System drive) Firmware: N201DL43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 357 362 378 388 379 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 199 Write 395 Mixed 266 SusWrite 367 70% 307 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 34 122% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 188 150% 211 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 78%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 931GB free Firmware: CC92 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 123 125 124 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 112 Write 117 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 123 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 191% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (96^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 33.6 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.6 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 30.5 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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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	1,089x
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	436x
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 $40Bench 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 $40	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