MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.04% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	138% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '20 at 23:10
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 82.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 241 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 693 74% 588 Pts	64-Core 947 59% 947 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	3.04% Terrible	Lighting 3.77 Reflection 2.15 Parallax 2.41 3% 2.78 fps	MRender 2.81 Gravity 2.93 Splatting 4.7 3% 3.48 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.04% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 700 475 486 484 475 447 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 275 Write 860 Mixed 766 SusWrite 511 138% 603 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 56.1 194% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 945 DQ Write 684 DQ Mixed 765 585% 798 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 262%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 218GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 444 446 448 449 439 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 491 Write 453 Mixed 430 SusWrite 447 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 0.5 58% 14.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 272GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 112 113 112 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 128 Write 123 Mixed 66 SusWrite 112 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 70%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 139 140 139 140 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 145 Write 67 Mixed 73 SusWrite 140 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.3 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 75%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 389GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 74 73 73 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 74.2 Write 75.5 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 73 51% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 31.1 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.9 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 97%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,087x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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