MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	151% 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	284% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '22 at 22:00
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 80.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 275 90% 165 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 825 82% 666 Pts	64-Core 1,071 66% 1,071 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 4069) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	151% Outstanding	Lighting 224 Reflection 204 Parallax 194 182% 207 fps	MRender 191 Gravity 152 Splatting 134 127% 159 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 889 581 582 582 578 578 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,572 Write 2,378 Mixed 1,703 SusWrite 632 406% 1,821 MB/s	4K Read 66.4 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 89.2 301% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,239 DQ Write 964 DQ Mixed 1,093 820% 1,099 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 168GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 494 496 386 289 292 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 490 Mixed 472 SusWrite 375 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 65.2 220% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 15GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 512 Write 491 Mixed 446 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 66 219% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 369 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 1,626 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 57GB free, PID 00ed Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 4.3 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	9.45% Terrible	Read 38.7 Write 0.2 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 4.6 14% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1 70% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.45% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 F4-3200C16-8GVKB CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 F4-3200C16-8GVKB 32GB 229 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 33 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 34 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 114%

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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	233x

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