MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '19 at 02:00
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 222 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 630 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3793) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63.4% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 74.8 Parallax 70.3 67% 75.7 fps	MRender 63.4 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 70.2 56% 68.5 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 440 445 441 432 436 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 450 Mixed 426 SusWrite 436 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 47.2 156% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 278 234% 340 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 183 182 182 183 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 139 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 181 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 356GB free Firmware: LCM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 95 97 97 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 116 Write 124 Mixed 54 SusWrite 95.3 71% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.1 118% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSTK.8FD 2x8GB 4,186 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 34.3 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 27.3 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 96%

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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