MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.2% 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	83.7% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '19 at 23:41
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 79.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 301 95% 178 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 942 94% 766 Pts	64-Core 1,098 68% 1,098 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2402 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 120 Parallax 120 96% 119 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 109 Splatting 106 90% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 136 131 144 135 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 414 Write 182 Mixed 238 SusWrite 142 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 44.3 162% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 191 144% 192 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 83%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 223GB free Firmware: 5.41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 343 336 343 346 334 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 135GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 304 305 305 306 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 496 Mixed 411 SusWrite 324 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 65 222% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 365 276% 370 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 135 137 137 137 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 123 Write 131 Mixed 79 SusWrite 137 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3000C16K4D 2x8GB 12,037 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 33 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 32.2 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 101%

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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