MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.2% 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	84.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 00:19
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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-$84 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 (87^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 71.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 90% 169 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 822 87% 697 Pts	64-Core 986 61% 986 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 127 Parallax 100 95% 115 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 358 356 363 364 360 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 490 Write 350 Mixed 254 SusWrite 360 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 14.2 114% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 88.2 110% 191 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 86%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$132 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 57GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 465 470 470 472 473 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 460 Mixed 424 SusWrite 469 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 53.4 183% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 289 242% 349 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 125%
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 45GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 182 146 157 159 164 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 360 Write 459 Mixed 167 SusWrite 177 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 39.9 170% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 177 163% 250 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 115%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 63GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 156 152 145 164 174 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 143 Write 155 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 164 88% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 362% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 26.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 25.4 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 97 41% 97 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 102%

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
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 $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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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