MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	182% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '20 at 08:52
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 80.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 298 95% 177 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 815 86% 689 Pts	64-Core 1,085 67% 1,085 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 92.8 Parallax 186 105% 136 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 140 Splatting 132 101% 121 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 577 470 458 462 422 448 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 734 Write 847 Mixed 714 SusWrite 473 156% 692 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 66.2 218% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,358 DQ Write 1,150 DQ Mixed 747 698% 1,085 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 262%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 444GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 435 163 47 44 41 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 233 Mixed 282 SusWrite 202 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 54.1 184% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 247 212% 313 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 194 198 196 198 197 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 129 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 196 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 153 155 154 148 155 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 93.1 Write 112 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 151 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.7 242% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$65 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 33 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 34 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 104%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,091x
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 $36Bench 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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16