MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	110% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 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	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 16:34
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 644 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 894 55% 894 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 417 428 428 409 418 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 452 Mixed 441 SusWrite 418 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 52 165% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 216 185% 269 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 128%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 80GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 360 408 407 410 411 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 220 Mixed 266 SusWrite 408 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 49 146% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 289 236% 335 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 117%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 176GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 475 479 481 427 273 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 486 Mixed 459 SusWrite 433 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 40.6 164% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 279% 374 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 129%
Seagate ST9320320AS 320GB-$60 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 61GB free Firmware: SD03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 49 49 49 49 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 50.5 Write 50.1 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 49 33% 44.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 4x8GB 958 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 45 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 39.7 120% 42.1 GB/s	SC Read 28.9 SC Write 41.8 SC Mixed 35.7 101% 35.5 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 126%

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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 $37
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