MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	120% 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, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 16:50
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 74.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 296 91% 172 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 867 90% 723 Pts	64-Core 1,075 66% 1,075 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 115 Parallax 209 109% 153 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 129 Splatting 160 113% 134 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 198 85 85 84 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 2,187 Write 204 Mixed 349 SusWrite 123 152% 716 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 3.9 94% 21.2 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 254%
Amd-raid Samsung SSD 850 512GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 107GB free Firmware: EXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 51 53 51 51 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 397 Write 60 Mixed 105 SusWrite 50.4 33% 153 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 2.2 36% 8.37 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 90%
Amd-raid Array 2 8TB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 149% 4.5TB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 108 111 110 124 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 52.4 Write 109 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 112 58% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 164% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 244%
SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro 4GB 1,235 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 9.1 9.1 9.4 9.1 9 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	4.51% Terrible	Read 11.4 Write 8 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 9.1 12% 8.83 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.51% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 28.4 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 27.6 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 92 44% 92 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 129%

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

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16