MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	340% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '21 at 19:25
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 82.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 931 84% 705 Pts	64-Core 1,322 82% 1,322 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2202 MHz, MLim: 2126 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.1% Below average	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 135 Parallax 125 4% 88.3 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 130 Splatting 116 94% 114 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 17,082 User benchmarks, average bench 256% 428GB free (System drive) Firmware: P4CR311 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1877 2314 2304 2350 2347 1277 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	340% Outstanding	Read 2,603 Write 2,398 Mixed 1754 SusWrite 2,078 496% 2,208 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 67.4 227% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 757 DQ Mixed 894 661% 876 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 340% Great: 332%
Lexar JumpDrive S23 USB 3.0 16GB-$8 500 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 15GB free, PID a833 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 18 18 17 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 38 Write 21.3 Mixed 0.2 SusWrite 17 22% 19.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1.3 62% 2 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 34.4 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 27.4 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 30.7 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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	248x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16