MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	20.4% 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	93.6% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 01:29
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 86 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 819 82% 665 Pts	64-Core 1,041 64% 1,041 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.12.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.4% Poor	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 56.8 Parallax 121 0% 59.3 fps	MRender 57.2 Gravity 87.9 Splatting 73.2 60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-8D512-11 SATA 512GB 778 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: T89110D SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 188 192 146 147 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 457 Mixed 377 SusWrite 175 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 48.3 164% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 34.8 91% 194 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 99%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 187GB free Firmware: 04.01A04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 106 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 123 Write 117 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 105 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 7,253 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (85^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	102% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 35.9 104% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 26.2 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 29.7 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,087x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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