MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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	116% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '20 at 23:40
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 81.8 1-Core 145 2-Core 287 92% 171 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 818 77% 642 Pts	64-Core 1,032 64% 1,032 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3173) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 145 Parallax 155 124% 151 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 108% 136 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 234 238 233 233 231 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 489 Mixed 405 SusWrite 256 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 59.9 206% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 370 279% 372 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 745GB free Firmware: R0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 463 447 440 437 440 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 444 Mixed 416 SusWrite 448 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 57 191% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 131 164% 291 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 746GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 478 484 493 494 494 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 490 Mixed 473 SusWrite 486 110% 489 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 61.2 206% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 371 280% 374 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 302GB free Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1747 1184 1384 525 525 527 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	330% Outstanding	Read 2,739 Write 1,960 Mixed 1,502 SusWrite 982 400% 1,796 MB/s	4K Read 68.7 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 96.5 332% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 1378 DQ Write 1,213 DQ Mixed 578 630% 1,056 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 330% Great: 311%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 922GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 79 87 181 180 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 84.2 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 131 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 31.9 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 31.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.7% 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 $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