MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.8% 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	202% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '19 at 11:45
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 2500X 2,214 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 243 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 642 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 138 Parallax 128 101% 130 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 125 Splatting 105 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 260 259 261 260 259 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 2,067 Write 982 Mixed 415 SusWrite 293 205% 939 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 75.4 218% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 786 DQ Write 651 DQ Mixed 297 337% 578 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 277%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 153 150 149 153 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 122 Write 100 Mixed 60 SusWrite 150 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 90%
SanDisk Wireless Stick 64GB 211 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 52GB free, PID 55a9 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	6.61% Terrible	Read 12.8 Write 7.3 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 11.3 13% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1.1 66% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.61% Great: 12%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 12GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 43 25 28 29 24 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 146 Write 63.5 Mixed 70 SusWrite 35.6 92% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 2.7 186% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 28.9 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 25.4 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 108%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,091x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16