MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	132% 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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '21 at 00:18
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 3600-$86 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 88.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 289 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 836 87% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,063 66% 1,063 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF8) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 115 Parallax 134 117% 131 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 119 Splatting 107 108% 136 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP300 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$120 3,686 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 196 205 197 207 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 821 Write 571 Mixed 792 SusWrite 241 136% 606 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 52.5 185% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 698 DQ Write 539 DQ Mixed 507 410% 581 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 143%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 221GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 478 484 481 479 474 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 490 Mixed 392 SusWrite 480 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 37.5 150% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 247 213% 316 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 46.1 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 42.6 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 27.3 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 39.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 122%

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

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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 $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,759x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,097x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	868x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	476x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	344x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	666x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $672

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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