MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.4%, 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	305% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	58.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '21 at 15:57
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$199 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 81.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 295 95% 175 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 862 84% 691 Pts	64-Core 1,119 69% 1,119 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3810) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 146 Parallax 207 118% 166 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 145 Splatting 97.9 97% 120 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 761 616 602 603 600 592 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,547 Write 2,381 Mixed 1,669 SusWrite 629 403% 1,807 MB/s	4K Read 70.6 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 98.8 338% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 1,441 DQ Write 1,254 DQ Mixed 1,310 992% 1,335 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 324GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 492 492 492 492 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 494 Mixed 445 SusWrite 492 110% 487 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 66.4 221% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 370 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%
WD Elements 25A3 10TB 3,723 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 9TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 190 197 195 187 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 201 Mixed 142 SusWrite 192 247% 182 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 11.2 4K Mixed 0.9 424% 5.17 MB/s	DQ Read 0.5 DQ Write 6.3 DQ Mixed 1.4 264% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 95%
ADATA HD710 PRO 4TB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3TB free, PID a75a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 126 128 123 123 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 125 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 126 150% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.7 174% 2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL16G32C16U4B.M16FE1 BLS16G4D32AEST.M16FE BL16G32C16U4B.M16FE1 BLS16G4D32AEST.M16FE 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3333, 3333, 3333, 3333 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 38.8 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 27.9 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 40.3 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 97%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,754x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,094x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	863x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	343x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	303x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	662x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $687

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16