MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	102% 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '20 at 14:33
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 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 (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 80.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 91% 169 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 812 86% 689 Pts	64-Core 824 51% 824 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 116 Parallax 198 107% 148 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 125 Splatting 162 113% 134 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 304 304 307 305 306 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 322 Mixed 312 SusWrite 306 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 39.5 158% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 255 218% 320 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 128%
Samsung MZVPV256HDGL-000L7 256GB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 188% 238GB free Firmware: 5L6QBXW7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1196 987 1034 1033 1077 1183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,472 Write 1,208 Mixed 900 SusWrite 1,085 261% 1166 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 58.6 229% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,232 DQ Write 386 DQ Mixed 572 484% 730 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 241%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 876GB free Firmware: KA0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 111 111 111 111 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 108 Write 98.2 Mixed 69 SusWrite 111 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 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-$55 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 35.9 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 25.5 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 34.9 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 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	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $701

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16