MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	216% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '20 at 00:06
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 3600-$78 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 82.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 283 92% 170 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 787 82% 659 Pts	64-Core 1,020 63% 1,020 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3570 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Lighting 92.8 Reflection 83.3 Parallax 85.8 76% 87.3 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 73.2 70% 88 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Addlink M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 256GB 2,095 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM13.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1196 344 338 332 326 313 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,566 Write 1,199 Mixed 1,268 SusWrite 475 252% 1,127 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 75.9 264% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 833 DQ Write 1,076 DQ Mixed 842 666% 917 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 235%
Fattydove 120GB 120GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 69GB free Firmware: Q0607A SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 414 415 419 419 419 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 420 Mixed 378 SusWrite 417 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53.2 184% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 102 144% 264 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 117%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$25 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 233GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 89 89 89 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 88 Write 89.3 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 88.9 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 37.4 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 35.4 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 164%

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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 $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,763x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $78Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,098x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	869x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	476x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	345x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	440x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	665x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $669

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