MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	99.3% 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	298% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191028
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '19 at 21:06
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 152 2-Core 295 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 878 92% 736 Pts	64-Core 1,087 67% 1,087 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1702 MHz, MLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 195 98% 135 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 141 Splatting 135 102% 123 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 810 579 573 573 561 565 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2,542 Write 2,361 Mixed 1,539 SusWrite 610 393% 1,763 MB/s	4K Read 66.4 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 95.2 327% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 1,384 DQ Write 1,230 DQ Mixed 1,285 970% 1,300 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 340%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 128GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 269 346 271 339 280 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 152 Write 98.3 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 307 36% 159 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 10.9 46% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 13.5 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 14 11% 14.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 890GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 150 149 154 151 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 153 Write 136 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 151 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 39.9 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 28 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 37.9 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 109%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $300	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