MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	48.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 17:47
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 71 1-Core 146 2-Core 287 89% 168 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 868 89% 718 Pts	64-Core 1,049 65% 1,049 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 113 Parallax 247 110% 165 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 131 Splatting 159 113% 134 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 114 3.2 85 95 26 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 432 Write 381 Mixed 334 SusWrite 81.9 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 19.8 70% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 93.3 DQ Mixed 20.8 37% 72.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 203GB free Firmware: 3.AHC SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 86 83 81 77 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 94.1 Write 55.2 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 82.7 51% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 54%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 77 76 76 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 74.4 Write 55.4 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 76.3 46% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.5% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 99 40% 99 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 104%

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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 $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