MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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.
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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '20 at 07:10
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 745 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 957 59% 957 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 118 Parallax 227 111% 160 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 131 Splatting 165 116% 138 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,134 Write 1,495 Mixed 97.5 202% 909 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 58.4 178% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 995 DQ Write 761 DQ Mixed 905 669% 887 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 277%
Amd-raid HGST HTS541010A9 1TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 333GB free Firmware: JA0O SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 88 88 90 90 90 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 77.8 Write 54.1 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 88.3 45% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 61%
Amd-raid ST31000520AS 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 676GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 109 109 111 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 117 Write 111 Mixed 46.6 SusWrite 109 70% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 65%
Amd-raid WDC WD15EARS-00M 1.5TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 620GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 63 63 64 65 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 66.1 Write 58.2 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 62.6 38% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$44 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 44.5 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 34.3 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 26.4 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 29.5 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

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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	1,754x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,094x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	865x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	343x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	303x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	662x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16