MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '19 at 00:58
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 below expectations (20^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 81.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 282 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 852 76% 643 Pts	64-Core 1,282 79% 1,282 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 88.3 Parallax 143 80% 110 fps	MRender 87.1 Gravity 104 Splatting 125 88% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 259 259 257 258 250 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 489 Mixed 375 SusWrite 278 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 58.2 200% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 370 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 230GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 491 489 488 487 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 484 Mixed 413 SusWrite 488 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 63.2 212% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 293GB free Firmware: UH4400RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 91 122 41 35 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 419 Write 287 Mixed 205 SusWrite 82.9 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 17.2 4K Mixed 10.9 54% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 71.1 DQ Mixed 30.3 40% 72.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 58%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 399GB free Firmware: UH4400RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 101 56 127 121 10 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 458 Write 378 Mixed 331 SusWrite 90.9 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 15.6 67% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 75.4 DQ Mixed 29.5 40% 74.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 31.6 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 31.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 104%

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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%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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