MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 112% UFO


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
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	271% 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, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '19 at 19:14
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 154 2-Core 304 99% 183 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 1,062 100% 832 Pts	64-Core 1,479 92% 1,479 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% 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: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 112 Parallax 250 111% 166 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 132 Splatting 156 112% 133 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 497GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1637 946 945 845 812 583 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 1,625 Write 2,665 Mixed 1,715 SusWrite 961 394% 1,741 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 206 4K Mixed 86.2 293% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,384 DQ Write 1,145 DQ Mixed 1,328 977% 1,286 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 298%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 361GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 472 473 470 472 472 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 471 Mixed 413 SusWrite 472 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 55 189% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 290 240% 345 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D36BEEAK.M8FE3 2x8GB 906 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 35.3 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 28.4 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 37.7 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 118%

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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 $150Bench 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	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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	248x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16