MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	282% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '20 at 22:58
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 85.7 1-Core 148 2-Core 297 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 894 92% 741 Pts	64-Core 1123 70% 1123 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% XFX(1682 9587) CLim: 1644 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Lighting 90.2 Reflection 85 Parallax 111 74% 95.6 fps	MRender 77.3 Gravity 89.9 Splatting 66.3 63% 77.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 726 442 441 440 442 441 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,616 Write 2,284 Mixed 1,594 SusWrite 489 389% 1,746 MB/s	4K Read 64 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 91.6 316% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,004 DQ Write 1,218 DQ Mixed 1,154 858% 1,125 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 302%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 38GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 310 309 308 310 310 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 493 Mixed 463 SusWrite 328 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 66.3 226% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 128%
Samsung MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 99GB free Firmware: DXM05H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 432 431 431 432 431 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 443 Mixed 343 SusWrite 432 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 46.4 173% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 151 165% 278 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 108%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 512GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 0 0 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	5.29% Terrible	Read 0.7 Write 107 Mixed 1.3 SusWrite 15.3 22% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.5 222% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 5.29% Great: 71%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 64GB 1,861 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 28GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 5.1 5.6 5.7 5.7 6.8 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	6.12% Terrible	Read 24.2 Write 17.2 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 6.8 21% 16.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 25% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.12% Great: 10%

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 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 34.8 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 33.8 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 104%

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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	435x
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 $45Bench 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 $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 $45	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