MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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	102% 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.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '20 at 23:12
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 82.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 291 93% 173 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 804 87% 689 Pts	64-Core 1,046 65% 1,046 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2681 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 146 Parallax 135 106% 137 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 131 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,022 Write 2281 Mixed 1,773 453% 2,025 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 77.4 270% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,288 DQ Write 1,092 DQ Mixed 1,163 879% 1,181 MB/s
Poor: 168% Great: 297%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 58GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 395 328 347 328 402 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 440 Mixed 288 SusWrite 369 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 53.3 190% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 216 201% 311 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 810GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 154 154 154 152 156 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 159 Write 131 Mixed 80 SusWrite 153 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 783GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 160 161 160 160 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 157 Mixed 85.3 SusWrite 160 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2800 C16 Series 2x8GB 1,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 36 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 33.9 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 99%

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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 $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	857x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	435x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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