MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.1% 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	228% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190819
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '19 at 22:52
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (42^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 3600-$228 582,867 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 786 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 1013 68% 1013 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$125 258,065 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 22F7) CLim: 1244 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.11.3 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.1% Below average	Lighting 45.5 Reflection 63.6 Parallax 64.2 38% 57.8 fps	MRender 60.5 Gravity 48.3 Splatting 52.3 35% 53.7 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$110 102,012 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 636GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1408 1293 1156 727 97 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,485 Write 1,545 Mixed 1090 SusWrite 797 276% 1,229 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 78.5 274% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 632 DQ Write 923 DQ Mixed 271 347% 609 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 256%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 24,107 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 298GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 54 55 61 61 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 70.2 Write 80.7 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 59 47% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$65 24,124 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 36.3 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.3 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 37 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 112%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 47%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 43%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $183Bench 77%, 508,103 samples	4,953x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $228Bench 84%, 582,867 samples	3,513x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $220Bench 82%, 394,055 samples	2,501x

GPU
RX 580AMD $185Bench 53%, 517,302 samples	1,803x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 107%, 273,482 samples	1,568x
RTX 2060Nvidia $338Bench 93%, 301,476 samples	1,449x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $53Bench 107%, 442,410 samples	1,289x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $100Bench 113%, 316,931 samples	677x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $110Bench 193%, 102,012 samples	575x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 418,722 samples	2,264x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $64Bench 85%, 349,082 samples	1,257x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $64Bench 86%, 179,382 samples	812x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $622

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $187	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $34
Intel Core i5-9400F $153	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10600K $260	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $190	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $64	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16