MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.3% 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	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 00:23
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 784 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 1,067 66% 1,067 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.9% 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 (93^rd percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 81.7 Parallax 108 63% 88.8 fps	MRender 76.6 Gravity 77.9 Splatting 64.4 59% 73 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% 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% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,600 Write 2285 Mixed 1,605 480% 2,163 MB/s	4K Read 64 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 90.3 312% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,003 DQ Write 995 DQ Mixed 1,042 771% 1,013 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: 495 495 370 310 310 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 495 Mixed 468 SusWrite 382 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 64.8 219% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 372 281% 376 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 128%
Samsung MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 28GB free Firmware: DXM05H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 339 298 366 404 421 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 365 Write 170 Mixed 250 SusWrite 369 65% 288 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 43 162% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 129 134% 226 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 108%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 110GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 442 468 420 264 314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 475 Write 467 Mixed 422 SusWrite 396 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 35.1 117% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 214 157% 205 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 97%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 590GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 126 126 126 126 125 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 51.2 Write 88.2 Mixed 66 SusWrite 125 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.7 221% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.9% 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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 34.2 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 36.5 SC Mixed 28.5 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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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 $125Bench 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	434x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16