MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	164% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '20 at 11:33
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 774 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 943 58% 943 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 119 Parallax 248 110% 167 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 132 Splatting 164 116% 138 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 534 528 486 481 478 506 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,091 Write 740 Mixed 539 SusWrite 502 160% 718 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 43.2 168% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 783 DQ Mixed 630 540% 797 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 277%
Amd-raid HGST HTS541010A9 1TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 378GB free Firmware: JA0O SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 91 92 92 93 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 65.5 Write 65 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 90.8 45% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 61%
Amd-raid ST31000520AS 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 687GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 76 76 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 82 Write 78.2 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 74.5 50% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 65%
Amd-raid WDC WD15EARS-00M 1.5TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 620GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 64 64 64 65 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 57.8 Write 57.5 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 63.4 38% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 44.5 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 34.9 115% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 30.2 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $80Bench 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