MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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	250% 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

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	18.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '23 at 16:46
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$84 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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 81.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 277 90% 165 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 816 81% 662 Pts	64-Core 1,026 64% 1,026 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 133 Parallax 196 105% 153 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 145 Splatting 88.8 92% 115 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 100% 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% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 832 808 824 839 834 536 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,316 Write 2,023 Mixed 1,718 SusWrite 779 382% 1,709 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 70.2 243% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 865 DQ Write 672 DQ Mixed 786 583% 774 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 902GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 139 143 137 141 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 108 Write 147 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 138 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 76% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 106%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 183 191 196 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 64.2 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 191 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 108% 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% 3600, 3600, 3600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 37.7 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 26.7 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 32.5 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 87%

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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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,752x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,093x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
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	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $694

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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