MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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 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 20 '20 at 15:51
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 81.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 278 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 794 84% 672 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.8% 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)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 115 Parallax 204 112% 152 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 128 Splatting 157 111% 132 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 300 296 306 279 234 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 320 Mixed 311 SusWrite 289 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 41.6 167% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 252 217% 321 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: 1154 1159 1084 1157 1170 1186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 1,647 Write 1,194 Mixed 910 SusWrite 1,152 274% 1,226 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 62.2 235% 87.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,233 DQ Write 390 DQ Mixed 572 484% 731 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 241%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 796GB free Firmware: KA0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 107 107 108 108 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 114 Write 107 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 107 71% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 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 38.9 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 36 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 33.4 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,087x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	434x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	233x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16