MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	178% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '21 at 19:17
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 80.5 1-Core 154 2-Core 303 96% 179 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 861 87% 707 Pts	64-Core 1083 67% 1083 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.2.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 112 Parallax 195 102% 144 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 138 Splatting 78 83% 104 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 518 482 431 452 392 448 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 696 Write 768 Mixed 839 SusWrite 454 156% 689 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 65.8 216% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 1365 DQ Write 1,112 DQ Mixed 761 700% 1,079 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 262%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 444GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 146 98 80 82 96 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 266 Mixed 305 SusWrite 164 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 53.8 183% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 248 220% 330 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 133 139 140 141 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 166 Write 142 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 139 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 161 166 167 166 167 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 88.2 Write 126 Mixed 67 SusWrite 164 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.7 226% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 32.4 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 32.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 104%

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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	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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16