MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.7% 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	261% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '19 at 02:26
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 99 2-Core 250 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 798 78% 638 Pts	64-Core 1,024 63% 1,024 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 73.8 Parallax 101 59% 82.5 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 59.1 55% 68 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 822 853 932 779 772 721 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,635 Write 2,103 Mixed 1,771 SusWrite 813 408% 1,831 MB/s	4K Read 66.2 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 82.2 276% 93.9 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 710 DQ Mixed 354 298% 414 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 355%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 170 162 159 165 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 168 Mixed 70.4 SusWrite 163 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 313% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 104%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 193 183 182 183 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 182 Mixed 61.4 SusWrite 183 111% 153 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 369% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 669GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 99 105 106 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 116 Write 107 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 103 70% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 34.6 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 28.7 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,086x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	559x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	434x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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