MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 115% UFO


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 03:07
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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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 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 87.8 1-Core 157 2-Core 313 100% 186 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 1,197 106% 897 Pts	64-Core 1,558 96% 1,558 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2313) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 116 Parallax 250 110% 167 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 131 Splatting 158 113% 134 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 240 76 108 87 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 481 Write 348 Mixed 330 SusWrite 142 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 37.4 154% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 198 176% 260 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 94%
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 223GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 111 112 111 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 417 Mixed 370 SusWrite 168 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 43.8 165% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 221 193% 286 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 94%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 502GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1502 1500 1512 1518 1515 1518 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 1,518 Write 1,507 Mixed 1,111 SusWrite 1,511 318% 1,412 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 84.1 297% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 688 DQ Write 962 DQ Mixed 272 360% 641 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 295%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3466 MHz clocked @ 1733 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 34.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 27.2 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 35.8 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 110%

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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	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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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