MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	145% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	42.7 GB free of 48 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '20 at 06:01
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 79.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 301 95% 177 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 1,026 98% 807 Pts	64-Core 1,361 84% 1,361 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 4100 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 121 Parallax 122 102% 122 fps	MRender 162 Gravity 111 Splatting 103 100% 125 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 256GB 15,792 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 260 262 261 261 259 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 867 Write 439 Mixed 733 SusWrite 269 128% 577 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 62.8 208% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 709 DQ Write 584 DQ Mixed 247 294% 514 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 214%
Team T253X2512G 512GB 14,867 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: R0817A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 436 450 453 451 452 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 454 Mixed 420 SusWrite 449 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 28.6 133% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 43.7 99% 199 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 100%
Maxtor 6L080M0 80GB-$76 438 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 74GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 51 52 51 51 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 51 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 51.4 35% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.3 123% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C16-16GISB F4-3000C16-8GTZR F4-3000C16-16GISB F4-3000C16-8GTZR 48GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 34 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 26.8 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 33.9 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 101%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
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 $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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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