MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	96.6% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '19 at 17:51
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 5 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 208 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 642 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 881 54% 881 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 115 Parallax 107 88% 110 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 77 72 71 72 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 362 Mixed 313 SusWrite 88.6 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 51.8 179% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 363 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 124%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB-$59 5,970 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 91GB free Firmware: GM0KA59A SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 79 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 78.8 Write 72.3 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 78.8 50% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 46%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 111GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 153 157 156 158 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 148 Write 150 Mixed 112 SusWrite 156 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 109%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 500GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 91GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 58 58 57 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 51.2 Write 53 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 57.1 70% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (94^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 33.9 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 29.2 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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