MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	104% 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.

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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '20 at 20:35
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.05 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 76.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 285 89% 167 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 832 87% 697 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 116 Parallax 197 108% 149 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 126 Splatting 162 113% 135 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 312 315 316 313 318 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 330 Mixed 308 SusWrite 315 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 41 164% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 249 215% 319 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 128%
Samsung MZVPV256HDGL-000L7 256GB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 188% 238GB free Firmware: 5L6QBXW7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1076 971 1062 1099 1088 1021 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,040 Write 1,058 Mixed 764 SusWrite 1,053 221% 979 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 58.9 228% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,227 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 572 483% 727 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 241%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 964GB free Firmware: KA0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 106 113 114 113 114 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 107 Write 106 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 112 70% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 36.4 94% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 32.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 87.6 46% 87.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 110%

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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 $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	340x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	437x
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 $48Bench 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 $254	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16