MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 151% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 142% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	183% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	263% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '21 at 04:03
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 76.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 287 87% 164 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 818 80% 654 Pts	64-Core 998 62% 998 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Zotac(19DA 1612) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	183% Outstanding	Lighting 262 Reflection 239 Parallax 266 213% 256 fps	MRender 307 Gravity 224 Splatting 166 182% 232 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 402GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1993 790 787 790 798 796 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 1,969 Write 2,039 Mixed 1484 SusWrite 992 364% 1,621 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 74.2 235% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,179 DQ Write 1,051 DQ Mixed 1,064 812% 1,098 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 861GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 471 475 492 487 491 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 439 Mixed 334 SusWrite 476 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 36 126% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 364 275% 369 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%
TONPHA USB 2.0 Classic 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 0618 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.3 4.6 7.2 8.9 9.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	7.55% Terrible	Read 18.7 Write 10 Mixed 18 SusWrite 7.8 18% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 54% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.55% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 34.2 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 26.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 104%

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

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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	235x

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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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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16