MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	267% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '18 at 15:36
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 71.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 76% 138 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 722 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 926 57% 926 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8662) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 160 Parallax 168 130% 163 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 144 Splatting 105 114% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2048 747 601 602 604 602 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,467 Write 2,083 Mixed 1,522 SusWrite 867 387% 1,735 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 75.5 251% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 997 DQ Write 698 DQ Mixed 834 626% 843 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 340GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 342 338 338 340 331 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 325 Write 312 Mixed 193 SusWrite 338 66% 292 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 26.1 118% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 66.2 100% 192 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 898GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 180 181 182 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 158 Mixed 74 SusWrite 180 111% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 162 164 167 167 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 156 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 165 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 6,771 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 13 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 12.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 97 41% 97 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 63%

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,748x
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	558x
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 $41Bench 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 $132	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) $34	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