MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	114% 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, 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190705
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 20:38
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 84.3 1-Core 151 2-Core 301 96% 179 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 1,010 98% 805 Pts	64-Core 1,457 90% 1,457 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 120 Parallax 258 116% 173 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 163 115% 137 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV128HCGR-00000 128GB 1,135 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7000Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 152 153 151 147 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 823 Write 160 Mixed 206 SusWrite 151 73% 335 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 34.7 189% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 561 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 235 206% 319 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 111%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 689GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 493 495 497 497 497 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 498 Mixed 474 SusWrite 495 112% 496 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 63.8 216% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 371 280% 373 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

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 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 33.6 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 33.5 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 113%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,087x
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 $129Bench 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