MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '20 at 00:20
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 88.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 1,026 91% 772 Pts	64-Core 1,404 87% 1,404 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% PowerColor(148C 2402) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 101 Parallax 210 96% 143 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 109 Splatting 137 96% 114 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHGS31-500GS-2 500GB 9,480 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 424 281 278 284 287 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 470 Mixed 424 SusWrite 334 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 38.3 136% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 300 225% 300 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 109%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 371GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 119 120 121 117 118 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 34.5 Write 79 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 118 52% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 70%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB 544 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: MKAOAA30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 158 157 158 157 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 149 Write 160 Mixed 81 SusWrite 156 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$41 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 32.5 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 27.1 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 120%

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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	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $699

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16