MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '19 at 19:28
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 1200-$100 83,528 User benchmarks, average bench 57% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 78 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 469 63% 470 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1460 MHz, MLim: 2120 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 73.3 Parallax 94.3 61% 80.9 fps	MRender 76 Gravity 79.8 Splatting 60.8 58% 72.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900612 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 472 Write 344 Mixed 323 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 32.5 132% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 189 169% 252 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 93GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 103 104 104 101 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 184 Write 138 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 102 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 15GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 3.1 4.4 5.9 8.5 8 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 26.2 Write 0.5 Mixed 0.2 SusWrite 5.4 7% 8.08 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 2.6 194% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 18%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB 800 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 75GB free, PID ce23 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 39 Write 38 Mixed 28 SusWrite 38.2 48% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 74% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (86^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 34.8 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 84.3 47% 84.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 104%

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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