MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.8% 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	89.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '18 at 10:29
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 826 80% 660 Pts	64-Core 1,015 63% 1,015 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3309) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 112 Parallax 97.8 83% 104 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 102 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 372 411 390 385 424 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 468 Write 392 Mixed 284 SusWrite 397 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 15.8 110% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 212 194% 298 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 104%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 102GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 125 109 125 123 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 158 Write 163 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 117 84% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 367% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 3,571 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 44.7 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 35.6 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 26.6 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 29.3 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

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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