MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.7% 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	45.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '20 at 17:08
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 1500X-$131 70,038 User benchmarks, average bench 66% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 627 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.7% Below average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 43.2 Parallax 38.4 37% 42.3 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 34.6 31% 37.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 60GB 2,308 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: V3.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 81 78 80 56 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 382 Write 99.5 Mixed 125 SusWrite 72.5 37% 170 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 9.4 84% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 70.4 DQ Write 27.3 DQ Mixed 6.6 16% 34.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 70%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 169 170 168 171 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 192 Write 175 Mixed 112 SusWrite 169 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 9 4K Mixed 0.8 9% 4.03 MB/s	DQ Read 0.9 DQ Write 10.9 DQ Mixed 1.2 2% 4.33 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 23%
SanDisk Cruzer 16GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 19.7 Write 12.5 Mixed 14.2 SusWrite 4.6 16% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 2.8 189% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41.9 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 33.7 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 26.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
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 $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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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