MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53% 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	89.2% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180803
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '19 at 14:24
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	94%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 803 78% 641 Pts	64-Core 981 61% 981 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 89.2 54% 74.5 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 65.4 Splatting 56.4 51% 62.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 316 223 203 240 207 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 412 Write 397 Mixed 285 SusWrite 259 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 37.6 144% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 311 225% 294 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 99%
Sandisk SD8SN8U-256G-1006 256GB 12,432 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 238GB free Firmware: X4120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 194 194 193 191 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 459 Mixed 331 SusWrite 209 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 44.6 154% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 218 182% 264 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 536GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 113 115 116 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 127 Write 135 Mixed 70 SusWrite 115 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.3 228% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 44.5 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 34.4 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 28.7 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	857x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	435x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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