MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	104% 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

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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '19 at 17:49
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 979 87% 736 Pts	64-Core 1,359 84% 1,359 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3963 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 168 Parallax 177 149% 176 fps	MRender 201 Gravity 153 Splatting 111 122% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 314 315 315 317 297 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 470 Mixed 311 SusWrite 312 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 39.8 160% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 246 211% 312 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 8GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 117 121 83 81 80 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 102 Mixed 347 SusWrite 132 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 59.5 200% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 369 278% 373 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 129%
Toshiba THNSNK128GVN8 M.2 2280 128GB 5,253 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free Firmware: K8DC4101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 135 135 137 136 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 427 Write 139 Mixed 180 SusWrite 136 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 35 129% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 149 126% 189 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 71%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$86 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 136GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 108 108 105 111 120 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 133 Write 128 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 113 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.8% 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 3066 MHz clocked @ 1533 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 31.9 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 28.7 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16