MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.7% 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	222% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 11:27
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 82 1-Core 146 2-Core 287 93% 172 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 908 90% 737 Pts	64-Core 1,049 65% 1,049 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Sapphire(1DA2 E376) CLim: 1662 MHz, MLim: 920 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 93.3 Parallax 172 98% 128 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 126 Splatting 133 98% 117 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1462 602 603 601 600 592 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,501 Write 1,690 Mixed 1,532 SusWrite 743 308% 1,367 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 65 220% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,289 DQ Write 887 DQ Mixed 1,113 824% 1,096 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 262%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 462GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 496 497 498 407 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 496 Mixed 442 SusWrite 446 107% 473 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 60.1 187% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 371 280% 374 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 9GB free Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 91 77 88 95 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 159 Write 118 Mixed 131 SusWrite 87.6 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 26.2 122% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 104 81% 111 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 484GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 149 146 150 144 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 150 Write 130 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 145 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 35.2 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 34.8 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 110%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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 $37
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