MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '21 at 21:44
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 77.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 936 85% 716 Pts	64-Core 1,342 83% 1,342 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.44 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 144 Parallax 206 101% 158 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 122 Splatting 96 90% 111 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHGS31-500GS-2 500GB 9,480 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 177 184 194 371 405 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 508 Write 476 Mixed 199 SusWrite 259 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 30.8 106% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 368 265% 342 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 374GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 912 430 430 431 432 432 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,593 Write 1,606 Mixed 1288 SusWrite 511 280% 1,250 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 70.9 245% 89.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,019 DQ Write 715 DQ Mixed 927 676% 887 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 237%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 306GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 35 36 36 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 126 Write 39.3 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 36 46% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 76%
WD WD3200JS-63PDB1 320GB 3,111 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 298GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 62 63 63 63 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 63.2 Write 53.7 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 62.6 41% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	80% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 26.5 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.3 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 104%

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	435x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	233x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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