MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	119% 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, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '18 at 09:29
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.05 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 968 87% 732 Pts	64-Core 1,366 84% 1,366 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 155 Parallax 132 114% 142 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 137 Splatting 115 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 316 315 307 306 309 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 487 Mixed 461 SusWrite 327 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 58.7 199% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 368 277% 371 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 129%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 518GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 112 113 110 112 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 115 Write 101 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 111 70% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C15 2x8GB 6,416 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3466 MHz clocked @ 1733 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	129% Outstanding	MC Read 49.9 MC Write 47.9 MC Mixed 43.4 134% 47.1 GB/s	SC Read 30.6 SC Write 46.6 SC Mixed 36.6 108% 37.9 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%

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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