MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.2% 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	36.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '19 at 16:21
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 73.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 240 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 750 73% 601 Pts	64-Core 938 58% 938 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3764) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Lighting 41.5 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 43.4 34% 39.3 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 38.3 32% 39 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 141 136 216 145 141 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.4% Below average	Read 282 Write 87.5 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 166 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 19.1 4K Mixed 11.3 47% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 15.5 DQ Mixed 14.5 11% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 85%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 888GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 169 168 168 168 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 160 Mixed 30 SusWrite 168 96% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 4x4GB 3,476 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (96^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 36.6 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 29.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 93.7 43% 93.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

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

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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