MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.9% 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	118% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 05:19
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 742 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 983 61% 983 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 48.1 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 58.6 39% 47.1 fps	MRender 32.5 Gravity 42.3 Splatting 42.3 32% 39 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 296 297 300 302 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 490 Mixed 378 SusWrite 318 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 59.7 199% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 359 273% 368 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 645GB free Firmware: 3CNR SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 57 57 55 56 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 76 Write 62 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 55.1 43% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 42%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 93 95 96 97 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 110 Write 92 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 96.1 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 60% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 84%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 5.1 5.8 5.6 5.6 6.1 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 4.8 Mixed 9 SusWrite 5.6 13% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.8 153% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 17%

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 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 33.7 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 26.9 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 104%

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,087x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
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 $129Bench 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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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