MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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.
Boot Drive	236% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '19 at 20:26
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 88.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 264 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 965 88% 740 Pts	64-Core 1,377 85% 1,377 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 1F02) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3747 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 132 Parallax 132 112% 134 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 135 Splatting 107 113% 143 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 875 616 614 609 605 599 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,962 Write 1,712 Mixed 672 SusWrite 653 278% 1,250 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 62 228% 89.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,131 DQ Write 1,015 DQ Mixed 924 734% 1,023 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 254%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 237GB 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 86GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 139 131 94 64 74 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 468 Write 312 Mixed 302 SusWrite 125 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 40.3 144% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 146 113% 156 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 100%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 173 166 173 171 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 142 Write 169 Mixed 97.6 SusWrite 171 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.9 236% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 2x16GB 10,048 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3133 MHz clocked @ 1567 MHz Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	116% Outstanding	MC Read 43.9 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 40.9 120% 42.1 GB/s	SC Read 28.7 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 35.2 101% 35.5 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 109%

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

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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	434x
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 $40Bench 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 $40	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