MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	283% 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.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	27.6 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 19 '20 at 00:18
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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% Outstanding	Memory 82.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 95% 177 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 909 92% 748 Pts	64-Core 1,121 69% 1,121 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96% 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: 1647 MHz, MLim: 1060 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 93.4 Parallax 206 106% 143 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 142 Splatting 132 101% 122 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 104% 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% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 848 440 443 443 444 438 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2,598 Write 2,274 Mixed 1,573 SusWrite 509 387% 1,739 MB/s	4K Read 64.9 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 91.1 315% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,006 DQ Write 1,257 DQ Mixed 1,163 868% 1,142 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 302%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 79GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 488 385 273 272 272 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 488 Mixed 460 SusWrite 363 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 64.2 219% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 128%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 182GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 282 115 115 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 405 Write 411 Mixed 352 SusWrite 193 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 18.3 111% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 28.7 81% 168 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 86%
Samsung MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 112GB free Firmware: DXM05H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 433 432 432 433 433 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 445 Mixed 287 SusWrite 434 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 33 134% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 140 148% 242 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 108%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 125 134 134 130 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 95.5 Write 100 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 128 71% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.7 177% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.5% 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 (52^nd percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 36.1 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 34.3 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 105%

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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	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: 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 $178	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