MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	307% 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	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	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	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '22 at 00:52
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 2600X-$185 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.05 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 243 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 732 72% 592 Pts	64-Core 944 58% 944 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Gigabyte(1458 232D) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 21.30.23.04 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 136 Parallax 303 116% 193 fps	MRender 228 Gravity 144 Splatting 172 147% 181 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SKC3000D2048G 2TB 10,369 User benchmarks, average bench 458% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: EIFK31.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1615 1791 1969 1751 1964 1925 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 1,910 Write 2,408 Mixed 2,177 SusWrite 1,836 471% 2,083 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 82.6 262% 90.3 MB/s	DQ Read 973 DQ Write 639 DQ Mixed 806 601% 806 MB/s
Poor: 278% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 614%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 968GB 258GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 42 47 45 48 56 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43% Average	Read 428 Write 324 Mixed 12.2 SusWrite 49.4 44% 203 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 14.1 66% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 17.9 DQ Mixed 30 32% 54.9 MB/s

Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 265 221 166 130 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 402 Write 453 Mixed 317 SusWrite 210 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 39.1 129% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 425GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 41 48 45 48 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 168 Write 146 Mixed 96.8 SusWrite 46.5 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GVRB CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 F4-3200C16-8GVRB CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 33.5 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 27.2 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 27.3 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 99%

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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 $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,754x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $90Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,093x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	862x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	342x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	302x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	660x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $689

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16