MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	83.3% 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 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	Nov 06 '20 at 13:30
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 80.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 262 87% 160 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 689 77% 607 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 115 Parallax 172 104% 138 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 120 Splatting 151 107% 128 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 196 189 188 183 178 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 426 Write 205 Mixed 228 SusWrite 190 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 32.7 133% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 206 185% 284 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 128%
Samsung MZVPV256HDGL-000L7 256GB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 188% 150GB free Firmware: 5L6QBXW7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1108 1021 1024 1082 1183 1187 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,125 Write 973 Mixed 615 SusWrite 1101 214% 954 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 40.9 160% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 473 401% 602 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 241%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 871GB free Firmware: KA0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 53 53 53 54 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 45.5 Write 76.4 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 49.8 39% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 34.8 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 29.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 110%

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

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	340x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	437x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	234x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $737

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16