MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% 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 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	268% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 months ago, 2 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '20 at 07:27
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 3600-$198 694,528 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 80.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 264 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 790 78% 622 Pts	64-Core 1,045 70% 1,045 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$450 786,866 User benchmarks, average bench 106% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2652 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 150 Parallax 131 109% 139 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 138 Splatting 114 109% 123 fps
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$65 54,809 User benchmarks, average bench 254% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 983 821 724 713 686 725 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,023 Write 2313 Mixed 1,776 SusWrite 775 387% 1,722 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 78.9 278% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,300 DQ Write 1,113 DQ Mixed 1,185 894% 1,199 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 291%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$54 15,842 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 203GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 405 406 402 405 402 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 437 Mixed 303 SusWrite 408 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 52.2 188% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 149 168% 287 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$68 410,083 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 875GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 182 183 185 184 184 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 127 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 182 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 2,182,040 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 595GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 154 154 154 153 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 154 Write 148 Mixed 94.4 SusWrite 153 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2800 C16 Series 2x8GB 1,117 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 37 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 36.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 26.4 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 36.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 98%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $180Bench 77%, 558,833 samples	5,816x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $198Bench 84%, 694,528 samples	4,023x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $270Bench 82%, 412,781 samples	2,931x

GPU
RX 580AMD $218Bench 55%, 623,105 samples	2,060x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 107%, 307,597 samples	1,742x
RTX 2060Nvidia $338Bench 89%, 352,805 samples	1,727x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 107%, 478,856 samples	1,501x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 115%, 336,749 samples	804x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $110Bench 191%, 116,151 samples	676x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 83%, 417,739 samples	2,656x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 377,979 samples	1,432x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $77Bench 85%, 193,844 samples	947x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16