MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	147% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '19 at 17:07
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 223 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 671 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 915 57% 915 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS128GMTE110S 128GB 4,843 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0905C3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 378 376 377 376 380 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1,445 Write 376 Mixed 528 SusWrite 377 149% 682 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 24.4 174% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 263 225% 328 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 157%
Mushkin MKNSSDCR120GB-MX 120GB 213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 63GB free Firmware: 504ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 188 181 186 225 238 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 407 Write 229 Mixed 263 SusWrite 203 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 33.5 130% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 103 118% 204 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 80%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: CV27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 149 146 149 150 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 186 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 148 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1.5TB free Firmware: CV22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 160 163 165 163 161 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 142 Write 104 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 162 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 33.8 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.5 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 28.1 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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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	339x

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	234x

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	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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