MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	83.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 12 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '23 at 12:45
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X-$170 15,311 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 77.2 1-Core 172 2-Core 342 103% 197 Pts	4-Core 674 8-Core 1,189 112% 932 Pts	64-Core 1,392 86% 1,392 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% MSI(1462 3811) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 123 Parallax 162 86% 130 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 120 Splatting 79.2 80% 99.8 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 91%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 2,640 Write 2,407 Mixed 1,894 515% 2,314 MB/s	4K Read 68.3 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 94.4 319% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,395 DQ Write 1,108 DQ Mixed 1,212 918% 1,238 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 151GB free Firmware: SBFKK1B3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 354 Write 113 Mixed 231 51% 233 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 38.2 142% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 170 156% 235 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 102%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 11GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 515 Write 483 Mixed 466 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 64.3 216% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 213 Write 163 Mixed 96.7 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 252% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GIS CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 F4-3200C16-8GIS CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 34 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 30.4 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 37.2 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 99%

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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	339x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	436x
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 $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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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