MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210203
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '21 at 10:13
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X-$150 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 798 76% 631 Pts	64-Core 1134 70% 1134 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.3.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.4% Below average	Lighting 0.3 Reflection 153 Parallax 218 0% 124 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 151 Splatting 103 101% 125 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GB 43,498 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 259 259 254 251 261 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 461 Mixed 311 SusWrite 255 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 52.6 186% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 226 189% 274 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 106 106 107 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 107 Write 106 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 106 71% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M8X3600C18 4x8GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 43.7 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 39 104% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 29.1 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 37.1 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 152%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 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