MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '19 at 22:10
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 1,125 102% 855 Pts	64-Core 1,399 87% 1,399 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 3FEB) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60% Good	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 54.8 Parallax 136 39% 79.5 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 117 Splatting 96.1 101% 128 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$69 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 239GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 404 404 411 411 414 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 492 Mixed 353 SusWrite 407 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 50.2 186% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 282 232% 332 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 119%
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 25GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 516 Write 474 Mixed 372 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 39.5 147% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 373 DQ Mixed 178 186% 303 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 89%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 179GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 316 303 294 296 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 482 Mixed 356 SusWrite 322 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 49.6 173% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 249 213% 315 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 262GB free Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 463 456 453 462 459 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 487 Mixed 466 SusWrite 458 109% 482 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63.1 212% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 295 220% 290 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 39,970 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3800 MHz clocked @ 1900 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 39.7 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 28.7 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 39.2 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 118%

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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 $140Bench 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 $133	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