MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	262% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '20 at 15:34
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 81.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 95% 176 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 832 87% 696 Pts	64-Core 1,080 67% 1,080 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF1) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 121 Parallax 125 102% 124 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 112 Splatting 103 104% 132 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 70GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 224 177 180 90 50 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 407 Mixed 420 SusWrite 182 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 54.3 178% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 367 277% 370 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1062 658 551 389 335 375 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,697 Write 2,316 Mixed 1,845 SusWrite 562 414% 1,855 MB/s	4K Read 68.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 82.3 266% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,231 DQ Write 422 DQ Mixed 589 497% 747 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 340%
Generic USB Flash Disk 2GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.7 0.1 5.5 9.3 9.2 6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	6.68% Terrible	Read 28 Write 2.5 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 5.3 10% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 28% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.68% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 32.5 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 31.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 104%

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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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,090x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16