MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	80.8% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '19 at 02:09
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 87.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 296 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 928 94% 761 Pts	64-Core 1,112 69% 1,112 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 129 Parallax 128 113% 132 fps	MRender 152 Gravity 129 Splatting 0.04 67% 93.7 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 183 189 68 67 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 470 Write 232 Mixed 330 SusWrite 133 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 33.4 140% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 170 154% 230 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 91%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 231GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 395 387 392 388 388 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 491 Mixed 392 SusWrite 396 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 53.6 190% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 288 235% 335 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 32.9 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 34 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 110%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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