MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '19 at 21:12
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 735 75% 605 Pts	64-Core 963 60% 963 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% XFX(1682 9587) CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 81.7 Parallax 97.1 63% 85.5 fps	MRender 76.6 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 63.7 59% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,569 Write 2275 Mixed 1,600 477% 2,148 MB/s	4K Read 66.6 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 90.7 307% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 998 DQ Write 856 DQ Mixed 926 694% 926 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 64GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 491 373 312 312 313 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 492 Mixed 455 SusWrite 382 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 62.4 211% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 371 280% 374 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 128%
Samsung MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 28GB free Firmware: DXM05H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 202 228 89 90 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 236 Mixed 324 SusWrite 151 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43 162% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 146 163% 276 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 108%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 110GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 415 299 237 147 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 480 Write 465 Mixed 419 SusWrite 276 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 34.1 114% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 194 145% 193 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 97%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 599GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 124 126 126 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 79.9 Write 120 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 124 71% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.7 204% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 24,517 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 33.4 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 26.8 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 105%

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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 $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