MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	122% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	10.4 Days
Run Date	May 02 '19 at 15:21
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 1700X-$211 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 223 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 818 74% 625 Pts	64-Core 1,194 74% 1,194 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 183 Parallax 166 136% 172 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 170 Splatting 123 112% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 241GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 461 460 468 467 469 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 472 Mixed 437 SusWrite 463 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 55.4 180% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 309 250% 353 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
T-force 1TB 1TB 4,929 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 541GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 473 441 439 441 440 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 480 Mixed 417 SusWrite 450 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 57.2 191% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 125 161% 287 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 129%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 102 104 103 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 107 Write 110 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 103 127% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (91^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	101% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 32.2 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 28.7 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

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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 $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	339x

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	234x

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 $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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