MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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.
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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '20 at 22:32
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (99^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 81.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 95% 177 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 860 91% 729 Pts	64-Core 1,121 69% 1,121 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1600 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 89.7 Parallax 185 103% 134 fps	MRender 88.1 Gravity 139 Splatting 127 98% 118 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 94%

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% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,600 Write 2,281 Mixed 1,600 480% 2,160 MB/s	4K Read 63.9 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 90.7 314% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 999 DQ Write 1200 DQ Mixed 1,159 857% 1,119 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 80GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 496 496 379 272 272 272 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 493 Mixed 463 SusWrite 365 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 66.2 225% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 128%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 70GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 116 121 115 115 115 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 424 Write 166 Mixed 143 SusWrite 122 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 7.2 91% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 28.5 51% 102 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 86%
Samsung MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 32GB free Firmware: DXM05H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 435 441 430 438 439 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 235 Mixed 253 SusWrite 437 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 38.6 162% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 128 138% 234 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 125 130 131 134 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	55% Above average	Read 62.5 Write 118 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 128 68% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.7 189% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 24,517 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 35.7 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 34.7 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,292 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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 $300	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