MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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.
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

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '22 at 00:29
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 3700X-$200 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 68.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 259 85% 158 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 963 86% 726 Pts	64-Core 1,446 90% 1,446 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon-VII-$841 13,762 User benchmarks, average bench 101% AMD(1002 081E) Ram: 16GB, Driver: 21.30.23.04 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 114 Parallax 209 109% 152 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 149 Splatting 85 90% 113 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,686 Write 1,711 Mixed 1,440 429% 1,946 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 79.1 275% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,244 DQ Write 942 DQ Mixed 1,065 804% 1,084 MB/s
Poor: 195% Great: 393%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 476GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 144 144 143 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 134 Write 156 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 144 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 112%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$80 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 433GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 77 77 75 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 81.7 Write 71.4 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 76 51% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	66.3% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 26 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 26.3 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 102%

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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	1,754x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $90Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,093x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	862x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	342x

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	661x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $689

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	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