MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	112% 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	299% 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, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '20 at 21:29
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 229 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 810 75% 628 Pts	64-Core 1,202 74% 1,202 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 139E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 136 Parallax 138 119% 140 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 125 Splatting 102 106% 134 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 638GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1139 1158 1491 1524 1493 1485 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 2,508 Write 2,371 Mixed 1835 SusWrite 1,382 454% 2,024 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 79.2 256% 87.7 MB/s	DQ Read 899 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 837 607% 793 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 410%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 376GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 105 107 103 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 105 Write 151 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 102 71% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 107%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -0 8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 7GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 43 44 45 45 44 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 46 Write 23.3 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 43.6 37% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 22% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 1x16GB 342 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.8% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 12 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 9.5 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 56%

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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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,752x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,092x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $291Bench 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	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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