MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 77% 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 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.6% 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	85% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 17:54
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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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 5 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 276 89% 164 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 821 80% 659 Pts	64-Core 1059 66% 1059 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 92%

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: 19.9.3 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 89.3 Parallax 142 80% 110 fps	MRender 87.3 Gravity 104 Splatting 124 88% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Tcsunbow X3 240GB 3,491 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1001A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 238 50 61 57 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 514 Write 434 Mixed 408 SusWrite 139 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 31.2 147% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 46.9 99% 196 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 116%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 360GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 137 136 134 137 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 130 Write 133 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 135 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB 42,084 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 33.9 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 33.5 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 109%

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

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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