MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate 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	113% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '20 at 07:48
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 812 80% 652 Pts	64-Core 1,012 63% 1,012 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% MSI(1462 3810) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 115 Parallax 250 112% 167 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 133 Splatting 161 114% 136 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 311 310 310 306 301 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 490 Mixed 466 SusWrite 311 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 54.9 183% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 370 279% 374 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 593GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 183 185 186 186 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 184 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 185 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 805GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 163 163 163 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 146 Mixed 96 SusWrite 163 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 109%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 156 156 157 157 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 158 Mixed 101 SusWrite 156 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 30.1 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 25.8 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 106%

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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	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 $295	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