MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.1% 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	299% 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

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '21 at 23:37
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 257 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 831 77% 642 Pts	64-Core 1368 85% 1368 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.1% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 140 Parallax 190 99% 150 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 135 Splatting 94.6 93% 116 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 613GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1482 1198 1190 1189 1183 1191 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 2,547 Write 2257 Mixed 1,565 SusWrite 1239 425% 1,902 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 81.1 270% 93.6 MB/s	DQ Read 985 DQ Write 711 DQ Mixed 807 614% 835 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 95GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 292 290 291 269 281 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 489 Mixed 466 SusWrite 313 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 55.2 184% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 129%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$132 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 301GB free Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 470 469 469 468 469 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 471 Mixed 409 SusWrite 468 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 48.4 160% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 290 240% 343 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 446GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 104 101 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 174 Write 173 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 104 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB 42,084 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 45.1 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 33.2 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 29.2 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 30.9 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	434x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	233x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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