MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	283% 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

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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '20 at 04:59
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 88.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 807 83% 668 Pts	64-Core 1,032 64% 1,032 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 116 Parallax 255 114% 170 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 163 116% 138 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 813 578 576 587 585 576 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2566 Write 2,387 Mixed 1,686 SusWrite 619 405% 1,814 MB/s	4K Read 66.2 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 88.6 301% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,181 DQ Write 1,021 DQ Mixed 1,112 830% 1,105 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 340%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 376GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 476 476 476 476 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 474 Mixed 451 SusWrite 476 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 59.4 194% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 299 246% 351 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 125%
WD My Book 1235 3TB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2.5TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 145 144 143 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 144 Write 146 Mixed 113 SusWrite 143 185% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 112% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESEK.M8FE 2x8GB 3,139 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 36.2 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 34.9 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 115%

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

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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 $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