MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	320% 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

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '19 at 21:47
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 71.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 91% 173 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 898 91% 736 Pts	64-Core 1,097 68% 1,097 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.8.1 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63.2% Good	Lighting 71.6 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 115 58% 87.8 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 79.5 Splatting 105 73% 86.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2289 832 832 830 830 832 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2650 Write 2,462 Mixed 1,905 SusWrite 1,074 453% 2,023 MB/s	4K Read 70.8 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 94.8 317% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,317 DQ Write 922 DQ Mixed 1,109 831% 1,116 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 355%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 112GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 203 201 203 203 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 504 Write 201 Mixed 204 SusWrite 202 61% 278 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 13.8 111% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 79.1 89% 149 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 78%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 903GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 129 132 132 129 129 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 48.4 Write 69.5 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 129 55% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.8 210% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04HEEE35-12-K 2x8GB 937 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 28.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 26.7 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 97.4 41% 97.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 79%

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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%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	340x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	234x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $727

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16