MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	0.86% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	226% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '20 at 20:03
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 85.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 295 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 1,082 100% 835 Pts	64-Core 1,498 93% 1,498 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 303E) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.86% Terrible	Lighting 1.13 Reflection 1 Parallax 1.47 1% 1.2 fps	MRender 0.9 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 0.96 1% 0.91 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.86% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 512GB 20,736 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1384 582 590 590 540 486 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,659 Write 1,995 Mixed 1,556 SusWrite 696 332% 1,476 MB/s	4K Read 52.2 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 65 241% 88.8 MB/s	DQ Read 893 DQ Write 1,063 DQ Mixed 1,041 767% 999 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 267%
Team T253X1240G 240GB 3,895 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 223GB free Firmware: S1011A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 440 437 445 433 441 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 445 Mixed 383 SusWrite 441 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 19.2 120% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 22.2 73% 152 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 92%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 1.5TB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 870 852 862 874 865 752 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 75% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 44,547 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 34.6 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 28.4 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 39.6 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 116%

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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	1,089x
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	339x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	436x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	234x

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	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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