MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.7% 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	247% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '19 at 07:34
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$145 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 81.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 215 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 663 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 884 55% 884 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2435) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 132 Parallax 116 104% 125 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 127 Splatting 108 92% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 101%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme BPXP 960GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 659GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1579 1027 1051 1054 1042 1048 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,515 Write 2,140 Mixed 1,708 SusWrite 1,134 367% 1,624 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 65.9 226% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1193 DQ Write 947 DQ Mixed 1,038 786% 1,060 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 249%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 31 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 27.5 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,759x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $81Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,098x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	868x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	476x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	344x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	666x
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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Total price: $672

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Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16