MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	235% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191028
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '19 at 21:51
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 87.2 1-Core 154 2-Core 306 99% 183 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 988 94% 776 Pts	64-Core 1,478 92% 1,478 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 22FC) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 75 Parallax 109 65% 87.7 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 79.5 Splatting 59 56% 69.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 52GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 402 404 395 377 407 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 486 Mixed 265 SusWrite 399 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 55.3 196% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 186 185% 298 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 119%
Gigabyte GP-ASM2NE2512GTTDR 512GB 5,250 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 692 512 459 457 474 453 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,530 Write 1,260 Mixed 728 SusWrite 508 224% 1,006 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 66.2 270% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,398 DQ Write 1,351 DQ Mixed 791 754% 1,180 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 290%
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 47GB free Firmware: 1.37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 60 59 61 62 63 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 166 Write 89.5 Mixed 108 SusWrite 61.6 24% 106 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 29.6 121% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 75.7 DQ Mixed 94.6 74% 103 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 51%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 134 137 138 136 135 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 103 Write 98.3 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 136 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 35 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 27.2 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 36.7 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 110%

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Gaming 70%

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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	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 $133	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