MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '20 at 00:40
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.45 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 86.1 1-Core 157 2-Core 310 99% 184 Pts	4-Core 609 8-Core 1,021 99% 815 Pts	64-Core 1,186 73% 1,186 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.3.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 88.4 Parallax 163 92% 121 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 120 Splatting 126 93% 111 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso SSD 128GB 1,375 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1228BS Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 496 Write 168 Mixed 218 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 29.6 112% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 111 91% 127 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 91%
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB 8,025 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 51GB free Firmware: 0001SDC1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 81 82 82 82 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 79 Write 75 Mixed 48 SusWrite 81 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 63%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 28GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 60 58 58 57 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 56.2 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 57.6 39% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2800 C17 1x8GB 531 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 21.1 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 53%

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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 7,308 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 70%

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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 $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	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 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 $74Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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	248x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $715

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16