MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	310% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '20 at 03:46
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	83%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 935 86% 717 Pts	64-Core 1,371 85% 1,371 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3816) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 117 Parallax 260 118% 174 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 140 Splatting 161 116% 138 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 712GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2247 2185 1164 1167 1168 1174 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	310% Outstanding	Read 2,523 Write 2234 Mixed 1,576 SusWrite 1,518 440% 1,962 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 79.7 263% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 818 DQ Write 715 DQ Mixed 763 573% 766 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 310% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 198GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 458 472 472 475 479 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 483 Mixed 392 SusWrite 470 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 54.2 178% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 279% 372 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 113GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 453 313 295 303 305 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 456 Mixed 374 SusWrite 355 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 40.8 140% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 257 224% 333 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 117 118 117 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 106 Write 125 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 116 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$68 86,372 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 42.5 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 36.8 113% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 29.4 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 31.6 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%

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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 $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	234x

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 $295	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