MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.2%, 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	93% 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	10.6 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 16 '20 at 15:47
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 (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 82.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 92% 170 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 819 87% 694 Pts	64-Core 837 52% 837 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.2% 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 131 Reflection 116 Parallax 195 106% 147 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 125 Splatting 162 112% 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% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 254 256 255 248 244 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 268 Mixed 256 SusWrite 254 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 40.7 138% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 246 208% 305 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 128%
Samsung MZVPV256HDGL-000L7 256GB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 188% 238GB free Firmware: 5L6QBXW7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 990 1112 998 994 1003 989 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,483 Write 1,170 Mixed 920 SusWrite 1,014 257% 1,147 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 59.5 225% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,226 DQ Write 385 DQ Mixed 571 483% 728 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 241%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 799GB free Firmware: KA0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 108 107 107 108 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 104 Write 99.9 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 107 69% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.7% 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 (67^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 35.9 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 33.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 110%

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

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,090x
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	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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: $695

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