MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	208% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '19 at 05:20
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 75.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 89% 166 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 794 85% 679 Pts	64-Core 1,071 66% 1,071 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% PowerColor(148C 2391) CLim: 1576 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 81.9 Parallax 110 63% 89.7 fps	MRender 75.8 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 63.9 59% 72.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLW128HEGR-000H1 128GB 8,655 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB73H1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 163 163 162 162 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,874 Write 728 Mixed 592 SusWrite 164 183% 840 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 80.8 283% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 876 DQ Write 693 DQ Mixed 620 509% 730 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 317%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 541GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 88 87 91 89 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 186 Write 155 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 89.5 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 338GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 108 109 112 113 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 111 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 224GB free Firmware: MS2OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 152 159 159 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 132 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 152 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x16GB 13,141 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 16.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 17.9 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 88.8 45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 49%

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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	860x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16