MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


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 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.3% 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	44% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '19 at 21:22
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 83.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 228 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 702 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 919 57% 919 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1500 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Lighting 73.1 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 99 60% 83.1 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 61.3 56% 69.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 110 20 100 61 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 460 Write 399 Mixed 346 SusWrite 77.3 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 16.3 4K Mixed 1.2 65% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 15.9 DQ Mixed 15.8 28% 58.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 124GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 126 130 131 113 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 175 Write 146 Mixed 69 SusWrite 123 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 986GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 164 170 165 171 169 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 152 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 166 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 2x8GB 30,532 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3466 MHz clocked @ 1733 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 46.4 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 35.7 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 28.6 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

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

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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 $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 $300	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