MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 99.4%, 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	347% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	15.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '19 at 23:50
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Memory 88.3 1-Core 155 2-Core 305 99% 183 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 917 93% 755 Pts	64-Core 1,099 68% 1,099 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 116 Parallax 251 112% 168 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 131 Splatting 156 112% 133 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 368GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2347 2086 1121 1119 1115 1144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	347% Outstanding	Read 2,544 Write 2,426 Mixed 1,767 SusWrite 1,489 461% 2,056 MB/s	4K Read 65.9 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 92.2 308% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,378 DQ Write 1,250 DQ Mixed 1,308 983% 1,312 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 347% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 930GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 496 496 497 497 496 497 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 494 Mixed 427 SusWrite 497 109% 485 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 52.1 188% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 368 276% 369 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GB 17,559 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 40.2 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 27.8 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 40.8 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 133%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,089x
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	339x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	436x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	234x

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	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $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