MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '20 at 15:43
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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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 2600X-$189 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 75.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 237 79% 144 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 701 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 942 58% 942 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E410) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 112 Parallax 247 120% 169 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 138 Splatting 157 114% 136 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 439 443 446 437 377 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 451 Mixed 409 SusWrite 428 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 50.8 170% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 254 178% 223 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 123%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 193GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 450 455 458 428 360 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 465 Mixed 420 SusWrite 433 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 49.3 164% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 306 234% 320 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 125%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 465GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 94 95 94 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 95.8 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 93.6 64% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 69%
WD Green 750GB (2012) 1,474 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 566GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 105 108 107 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 108 Write 97.5 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 106 72% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 28 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 103%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,752x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,092x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	342x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $698

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16