MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	284% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190125
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 14 '19 at 15:10
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 812 81% 660 Pts	64-Core 1,062 66% 1,062 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% XFX(1682 9587) CLim: 1625 MHz, MLim: 2050 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Lighting 82.4 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 99.3 67% 86.7 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 89.3 Splatting 66 63% 77.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1342 440 441 442 442 441 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,603 Write 2,276 Mixed 1,606 SusWrite 591 394% 1,769 MB/s	4K Read 63.7 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 91.2 315% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,003 DQ Write 1,061 DQ Mixed 1,072 795% 1,045 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 71GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 310 310 310 311 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 487 Mixed 462 SusWrite 329 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 60.3 202% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 128%
Samsung MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 72GB free Firmware: DXM05H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 433 432 431 432 430 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 301 Mixed 338 SusWrite 432 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 41.5 151% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 151 165% 279 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 269GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 245 125 144 176 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 469 Write 464 Mixed 418 SusWrite 221 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 35.2 117% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 215 158% 208 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 97%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 848GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 124 127 128 125 129 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 48.3 Write 91 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 125 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.8 216% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 24,517 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 34 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 36.5 SC Mixed 28.3 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

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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	1,088x
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 $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 $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