MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	227% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	18.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '23 at 15:19
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 75.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 84% 156 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 785 76% 624 Pts	64-Core 958 59% 958 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 128 Parallax 188 102% 147 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 138 Splatting 86.1 88% 111 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 984 867 843 755 522 508 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 2,016 Write 1,997 Mixed 1,530 SusWrite 746 352% 1,573 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 62.9 224% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 800 DQ Write 637 DQ Mixed 738 547% 725 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 894GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 144 138 141 131 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 120 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 138 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 76% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 106%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 190 194 199 198 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 67.7 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 194 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GVKB Kingston KHX3200C16D4/8GX F4-3200C16-8GVKB 24GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 35.6 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 31 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	234x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16