MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.4% 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	53.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '19 at 20:36
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 78.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 806 78% 643 Pts	64-Core 986 61% 986 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 843B) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Lighting 26 Reflection 25.4 Parallax 32.6 21% 28 fps	MRender 34.7 Gravity 31 Splatting 26.3 25% 30.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 27 16 10 151 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 496 Write 391 Mixed 296 SusWrite 93 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 19 79% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 74.7 DQ Mixed 27.5 39% 72.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 55%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 163GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 136 96 112 80 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 503 Write 444 Mixed 430 SusWrite 151 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 31.5 140% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 36.8 100% 207 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 92%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 19GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 102 100 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 291 Write 127 Mixed 183 SusWrite 102 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 36.8 136% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 83.4 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 67.7 62% 92.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 926GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 102 103 101 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 80 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 100 60% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30BESBK.8FD 2x8GB 12,876 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 29.3 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 25.9 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 107%

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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 $84Bench 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