MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.1% 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	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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 21:15
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 673 64% 531 Pts	64-Core 914 57% 914 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 83.8 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 79.3 68% 83.7 fps	MRender 69.4 Gravity 77 Splatting 69.7 59% 72 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 449 456 459 449 457 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 444 Mixed 358 SusWrite 448 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 35.4 131% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 169 161% 247 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 102%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 72GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 127 133 131 133 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 432 Write 153 Mixed 191 SusWrite 132 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 35.6 130% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 129 109% 161 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 716GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 106 103 105 104 107 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 105 70% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 803GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 168 165 173 175 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 125 Write 140 Mixed 72.4 SusWrite 168 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 79% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4RL.M8FE 4x8GB 184 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 42.5 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 38.3 113% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 31.7 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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