MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	168% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '20 at 20:05
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (59^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)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 82.2 1-Core 148 2-Core 298 95% 176 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 820 88% 700 Pts	64-Core 1124 70% 1124 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.9% 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: 1640 MHz, MLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 91.6 Parallax 202 105% 141 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 141 Splatting 130 100% 121 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 103% 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% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 713 430 424 399 437 425 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,963 Write 1,953 Mixed 420 SusWrite 471 267% 1,202 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 39.7 150% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 569 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 190 178% 290 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 302%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 79GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 411 310 304 310 299 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 457 Mixed 444 SusWrite 339 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 46.3 158% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 95.5 DQ Mixed 188 152% 224 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 128%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 66GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 111 111 107 112 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 431 Write 289 Mixed 269 SusWrite 123 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 16 67% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 87.9 DQ Mixed 15.4 44% 98 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 86%
Samsung MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 108GB free Firmware: DXM05H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 407 409 398 394 385 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 277 Mixed 330 SusWrite 400 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 34.2 122% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 140 126% 201 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 108%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 119 117 118 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 65 Write 108 Mixed 55 SusWrite 118 63% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 168% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.8% 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 @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 37.6 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 32.7 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 105%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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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