MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.6% 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	99.9% 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	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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '19 at 15:47
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 962 88% 737 Pts	64-Core 1,324 82% 1,324 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 37CE) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 117 Parallax 121 101% 121 fps	MRender 146 Gravity 101 Splatting 85.6 88% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 437 458 254 217 211 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 449 Mixed 439 SusWrite 338 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 49.4 161% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 216 160% 211 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 123%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 140GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 458 460 453 453 453 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 444 Mixed 426 SusWrite 455 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 51.3 166% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 262 195% 258 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 125%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 250GB-$55 9,409 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 63GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 216 215 212 212 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 460 Mixed 287 SusWrite 240 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 53 186% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 264 208% 289 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 30.4 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 28.7 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 101%

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

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,750x
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	434x
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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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