MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	119% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '19 at 12:46
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 88.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 296 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 944 94% 767 Pts	64-Core 1,101 68% 1,101 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 154 Parallax 132 118% 143 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 141 Splatting 112 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 281 284 283 283 282 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 496 Mixed 372 SusWrite 297 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 59.1 206% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 240 216% 328 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 298GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 493 496 499 498 497 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 488 Mixed 423 SusWrite 495 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 64.5 219% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 134%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 134 136 136 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 141 Write 132 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 135 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE 2x8GB 15,011 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3466 MHz clocked @ 1733 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 38.9 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 37.5 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 113%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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