MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	118% 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	112% 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.

High background CPU (29%). 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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '19 at 19:29
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 89.7 1-Core 151 2-Core 291 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 958 95% 777 Pts	64-Core 1,473 91% 1,473 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 116 Parallax 257 125% 176 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 144 Splatting 161 118% 140 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV128HCGR-00000 128GB 1,135 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7000Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 150 153 151 151 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 796 Write 159 Mixed 206 SusWrite 151 71% 328 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 35 186% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 558 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 234 205% 316 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 111%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 598GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 476 477 481 482 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 478 Mixed 458 SusWrite 479 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 61.1 207% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 131% 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 3400 MHz clocked @ 1700 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 39.7 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 27.2 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 36.7 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 113%

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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 $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 $295	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 $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