MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 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 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.1% 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	310% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '18 at 06:50
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (96^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 738 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 975 60% 975 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 128 Parallax 108 93% 117 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 109 Splatting 110 90% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1560 1594 1589 1587 1038 275 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	310% Outstanding	Read 2,488 Write 1,508 Mixed 1,294 SusWrite 1,274 365% 1,641 MB/s	4K Read 63.3 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 85.5 280% 96.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,086 DQ Write 955 DQ Mixed 947 730% 996 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 310% Great: 333%
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 447GB free Firmware: SBFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 417 137 138 142 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 441 Mixed 353 SusWrite 238 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 40.7 162% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 223 196% 289 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB 40,300 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	105% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 33.8 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 39.3 SC Mixed 29.5 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

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

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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	435x
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 $45Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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