MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 00:35
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 775 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 1014 63% 1014 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1572 MHz, MLim: 980 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 85.1 Parallax 190 97% 131 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 126 Splatting 118 90% 109 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 112 114 121 119 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 485 Mixed 296 SusWrite 140 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 47.8 183% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 175 185% 306 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 154GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 472 464 434 398 396 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 471 Mixed 440 SusWrite 439 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 55.9 188% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 297 245% 351 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 73GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 314 314 314 314 314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 486 Mixed 404 SusWrite 332 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 62.3 205% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 364 276% 372 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 202 206 207 207 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 148 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 204 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3333 MHz clocked @ 1667 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	125% Outstanding	MC Read 48.1 MC Write 47.4 MC Mixed 42.2 131% 45.9 GB/s	SC Read 28.5 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 32.8 101% 35.3 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 129%

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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 $40Bench 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 $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