MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	243% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '22 at 11:55
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 75.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 277 88% 164 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 853 82% 676 Pts	64-Core 1,099 68% 1,099 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 154 Parallax 144 117% 147 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 148 Splatting 129 109% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv256g KIOXIA 256GB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 169% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: AGHA4101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1470 395 396 398 393 396 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,036 Write 1,601 Mixed 1,304 SusWrite 575 307% 1,379 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 76.8 263% 96 MB/s	DQ Read 1,080 DQ Write 952 DQ Mixed 795 656% 942 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 239%
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA1000CM10002 1TB 3,599 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 178GB free Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 451 180 488 484 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 481 Mixed 413 SusWrite 425 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 44.2 158% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 229 206% 311 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 124GB free Firmware: MS2OA7C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 101 104 105 106 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 115 Mixed 23.1 SusWrite 104 61% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 107%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 53 77 68 80 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 134 Write 37.8 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 66.7 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 60% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KD48GU880-32A160X 2x8GB 1,112 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77% Very good	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 30.3 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 30.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 89.9 44% 89.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 114%

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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 $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