MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 94.2%, 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	131% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '20 at 18:36
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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-$200 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 84.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 91% 167 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 1,096 98% 825 Pts	64-Core 1,394 86% 1,394 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 117 Parallax 245 110% 165 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 131 Splatting 163 115% 137 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT343.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 696 348 395 403 402 403 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 629 Write 1,438 Mixed 594 SusWrite 441 176% 775 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 45.5 170% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 633 DQ Write 553 DQ Mixed 595 445% 594 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 277%
PNY CS900 480GB-$35 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 174GB free Firmware: CS900112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 338 139 138 139 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 461 Write 231 Mixed 314 SusWrite 217 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 35.6 139% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 200 171% 249 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 102%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$98 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 636GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 454 478 480 481 481 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 486 Mixed 420 SusWrite 473 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 44.5 154% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 365 275% 366 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 121%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 176 178 179 180 179 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 60% Great: 112%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 3TB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free, PID ab34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 151 151 152 152 152 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 14% Great: 72%
SANDISK SDDR-489 4GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 1GB free, PID cfc9 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 6.9 6.6 5.6 5.5 5.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	4.58% Terrible	Read 18.2 Write 6.8 Mixed 10 SusWrite 6.1 12% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.6 29% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.58% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF1X08QFHH36-135-K 4x8GB 229 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3266 MHz clocked @ 1633 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 37.9 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 36.6 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 112%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,757x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,094x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	867x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	476x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	344x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	665x
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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16