MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.05% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	64.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '19 at 19:29
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 70.7 1-Core 148 2-Core 295 91% 171 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 1,125 100% 847 Pts	64-Core 1,398 86% 1,398 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Nvidia(10DE 1287) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.05% Terrible	Lighting 6.13 Reflection 6.88 Parallax 8.44 5% 7.15 fps	MRender 4.14 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 7.09 5% 6.14 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.05% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Pyro 240GB-$172 345 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 560ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 143 153 144 143 114 MB/s Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.9% Good	Read 91.5 Write 209 Mixed 148 SusWrite 138 34% 147 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 38.2 146% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 159 126% 172 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 81%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$48 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 72GB free Firmware: 4.AAB SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 73 74 74 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 73.2 Write 38.3 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 73.6 42% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 42%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 268GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 115 114 117 107 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 95.2 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 116 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 183GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 140 Write 136 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 106 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 109%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 7,781 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 4.9 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	4.57% Terrible	Read 16.2 Write 6.2 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 5.3 9% 8.05 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.57% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.6% Good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 25.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 24.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 99.8 40% 99.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 110%

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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 $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