MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	238% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '23 at 17:59
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 82.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 622 67% 530 Pts	64-Core 816 50% 816 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Asus(1043 8834) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 229 Parallax 170 156% 197 fps	MRender 162 Gravity 137 Splatting 116 111% 138 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$58 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 803 601 519 527 526 525 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2,457 Write 1,833 Mixed 1,439 SusWrite 583 351% 1,578 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 71 231% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 887 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 577 467% 668 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 311%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 877GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 116 117 115 123 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 108 Write 111 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 118 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2E3200C16 2x8GB 17,343 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 34.4 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 28.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,756x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,094x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	865x

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	344x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 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	663x
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

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Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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