MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	282% 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 08:14
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 235 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 811 75% 627 Pts	64-Core 1,041 64% 1,041 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 83.1% 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: 19.11.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 91% 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% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 951 1068 1097 1105 1070 463 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,178 Write 1,065 Mixed 1,001 SusWrite 959 288% 1,301 MB/s	4K Read 66.3 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 91.2 308% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 827 DQ Write 1,009 DQ Mixed 618 549% 818 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 241%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 9GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 66 64 59 57 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 90.5 Write 102 Mixed 116 SusWrite 64.7 21% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 29.3 120% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 89 73% 105 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 73%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 216GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 490 492 494 388 283 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 482 Mixed 457 SusWrite 427 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 60.9 207% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 129%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 282GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 107 108 109 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 121 Write 96 Mixed 72 SusWrite 107 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.3 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 198 198 197 198 199 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 146 Write 151 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 198 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.4% 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 (44^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 35.2 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 33.3 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 112%

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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 $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 $184	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