MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	89.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	185% 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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '20 at 21:01
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 83.5 1-Core 156 2-Core 313 99% 184 Pts	4-Core 625 8-Core 991 99% 808 Pts	64-Core 1,161 72% 1,161 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 89.9 Parallax 152 88% 117 fps	MRender 88.7 Gravity 112 Splatting 129 92% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 226 254 204 247 205 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,293 Write 1,092 Mixed 1,100 SusWrite 267 210% 938 MB/s	4K Read 56.4 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 77.8 292% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 658 DQ Write 564 DQ Mixed 277 299% 500 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 223%
Intenso SSD 128GB 1,375 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 30GB free Firmware: P1228BS SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 167 167 169 169 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 510 Write 250 Mixed 317 SusWrite 170 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 42.2 150% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 172 146% 207 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 91%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 58GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 70 Write 70.2 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 56.9 46% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 59%
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB 8,025 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 48GB free Firmware: 0001SDC1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 61.5 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 63 41% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 83% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2800 C17 2x8GB 1,443 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 34.1 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 33.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 101%

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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 $150Bench 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	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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	248x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16