MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '21 at 20:11
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 770 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 1,311 81% 1,311 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Asus(1043 0555) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 108 Parallax 171 85% 128 fps	MRender 89.9 Gravity 121 Splatting 75.3 76% 95.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Amd-raid Samsung SSD 970 500GB 451 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,427 Write 2,410 Mixed 1,512 402% 1,783 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 67.4 227% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 523 DQ Write 685 DQ Mixed 795 547% 667 MB/s
Poor: 102% Great: 278%
Amd-raid Array 1 499GB 1,201 User benchmarks, average bench 169% 161GB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 107 115 120 109 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 873 Write 911 Mixed 762 SusWrite 114 149% 665 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 37.1 140% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 692 DQ Mixed 270 263% 401 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 308%
Amd-raid Array 4 1TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 528GB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 166 168 170 169 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 95.4 Write 87.6 Mixed 73 SusWrite 165 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.4 133% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 96%
Amd-raid Array 5 199GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 186GB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 55 53 55 53 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.8% Poor	Read 49.2 Write 38.8 Mixed 41.4 SusWrite 54 34% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 45.1 MC Write 42.3 MC Mixed 36.4 118% 41.3 GB/s	SC Read 29.3 SC Write 42.2 SC Mixed 33.2 100% 34.9 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 129%

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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 $40
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