MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	232% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	16.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 14 '21 at 17:43
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X-$395 197,342 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 65.9 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 90% 171 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 1,027 98% 808 Pts	64-Core 2,110 131% 2,110 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,198 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Nvidia(10DE 147D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 465.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 112 Parallax 84.6 62% 90.6 fps	MRender 359 Gravity 258 Splatting 99.6 180% 239 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB 18,375 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1010 816 752 671 576 527 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,972 Write 1,993 Mixed 1,642 SusWrite 725 355% 1,583 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 62 216% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,186 DQ Write 710 DQ Mixed 913 689% 936 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 296%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 72GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 340 313 315 317 317 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 479 Mixed 453 SusWrite 323 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 50.1 174% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 279% 374 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%
ST3000DM 001-1ER166 3TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 2.5TB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 40 41 41 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 34.5 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 40.4 49% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GB 9,006 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 24.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 24.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 128%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 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 $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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