MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% 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	285% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '19 at 21:52
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 83.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 290 85% 161 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 898 91% 736 Pts	64-Core 1,058 65% 1,058 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E408) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 119 Parallax 285 125% 186 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 145 Splatting 161 118% 140 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$80 9,612 User benchmarks, average bench 153% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 973 1064 1076 1099 1125 478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,204 Write 953 Mixed 1,059 SusWrite 969 287% 1,296 MB/s	4K Read 67.6 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 91.8 311% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 830 DQ Write 1,004 DQ Mixed 638 558% 824 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 241%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 7GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 73 76 61 77 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 140 Write 99.5 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 71.2 23% 102 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 29.2 117% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 99.3 DQ Mixed 84.6 70% 101 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 73%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 356GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 489 494 494 436 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 494 Mixed 467 SusWrite 441 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.2 209% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 368 277% 371 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 315GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 111 112 111 111 116 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 99.8 Write 67.3 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 113 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 194 195 195 195 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 151 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 195 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 34,252 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 34.6 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.5 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 34.2 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 112%

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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	234x

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 $295	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