MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	117% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '19 at 13:11
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 976 87% 734 Pts	64-Core 1,351 84% 1,351 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$394 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3876 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 171 Parallax 179 150% 178 fps	MRender 207 Gravity 154 Splatting 115 125% 159 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 294 294 295 295 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 493 Mixed 462 SusWrite 308 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 57.8 196% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 139GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 319 317 317 314 317 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 494 Mixed 467 SusWrite 341 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59 199% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 372 281% 376 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 129%
Toshiba THNSNK128GVN8 M.2 2280 128GB 5,253 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free Firmware: K8DC4101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 137 137 137 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 404 Write 138 Mixed 181 SusWrite 137 47% 215 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 29.1 102% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 144 124% 187 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 71%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 7GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 56 60 66 58 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	31% Below average	Read 49.1 Write 101 Mixed 57 SusWrite 58.7 49% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 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	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 31.5 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 29.6 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 102%

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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 $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