MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190125
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '19 at 23:57
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 767 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 988 61% 988 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 115 Parallax 110 94% 113 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 82.5 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 457 463 468 467 468 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 467 Mixed 458 SusWrite 461 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 54.4 183% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 284 236% 341 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 179 181 180 177 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 138 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 179 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD44G266682 2x4GB 1,955 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	93.4% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 30.3 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.9 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 27 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 92%

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

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16