MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.6% 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	278% 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	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '20 at 22:33
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 82.2 1-Core 148 2-Core 295 94% 175 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 877 91% 733 Pts	64-Core 1,117 69% 1,117 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.9% 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: 1642 MHz, MLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 92.3 Parallax 184 94% 131 fps	MRender 91.4 Gravity 129 Splatting 131 98% 117 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.6% 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% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 696 441 442 440 439 440 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,568 Write 2,280 Mixed 1,578 SusWrite 483 385% 1,727 MB/s	4K Read 63.2 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 90.2 312% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,003 DQ Write 1,193 DQ Mixed 1,162 858% 1,119 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 302%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 79GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 485 382 271 274 273 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 482 Mixed 450 SusWrite 363 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 63.1 212% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 368 277% 371 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 128%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 66GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 214 119 120 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 412 Write 402 Mixed 346 SusWrite 183 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 18.1 102% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 29.3 86% 181 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 86%
Samsung MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 112GB free Firmware: DXM05H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 435 428 428 429 429 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 399 Write 436 Mixed 294 SusWrite 432 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 33.6 148% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 128 145% 246 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 127 135 134 135 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 60.2 Write 108 Mixed 69 SusWrite 130 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.7 185% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.8% 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)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 35.9 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 34 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 105%

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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%

Battle cruiser

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