MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.8% 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	117% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '19 at 08:42
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 below expectations (25^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 73.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 238 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 808 76% 630 Pts	64-Core 972 60% 972 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 78.8% 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: 1652 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 87 Parallax 163 92% 121 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 118 Splatting 124 92% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 444 451 461 459 459 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 458 Mixed 436 SusWrite 449 104% 459 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 52.4 171% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 298 244% 348 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 125%
Crucial MTFDDAK512MBF-1AN1ZABHA 512GB 1,497 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 395GB free Firmware: M603 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 401 407 412 413 411 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 408 Mixed 337 SusWrite 404 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 42.6 152% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 213 177% 255 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 466GB free Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 343 343 344 344 326 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 454 Write 304 Mixed 199 SusWrite 341 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 27.1 110% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 68.3 108% 211 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 89%
Skhynix SC300 HFS512G32MND-3210A 512GB 365 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 138GB free Firmware: 20130P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 455 461 467 467 384 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 464 Mixed 366 SusWrite 444 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 36.9 132% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 291 235% 333 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 4GB 696 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 4GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 4.1 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	8.52% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 15 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 4.3 18% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.1 57% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.52% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30AESEK.M8FE 2x8GB 7,360 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 28.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 25.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 94.2 42% 94.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 107%

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

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 $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