MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.9% 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	228% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '19 at 13:20
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 82.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 95% 176 Pts	4-Core 593 8-Core 934 94% 764 Pts	64-Core 1,112 69% 1,112 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 113 Parallax 106 84% 107 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 99 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 996 746 744 748 746 744 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,228 Write 1,354 Mixed 1,121 SusWrite 787 253% 1,122 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 75.2 269% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,085 DQ Write 1,089 DQ Mixed 1,072 810% 1,082 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 228%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 305GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 471 467 461 432 426 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 464 Mixed 439 SusWrite 454 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 58.2 192% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 306 248% 349 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%
Transcend SSD340 256GB-$194 1,962 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 238GB free Firmware: SVN263 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 220 220 221 220 220 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 433 Write 222 Mixed 206 SusWrite 220 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 40 148% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 115 112% 177 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 98%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 194 194 196 195 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 192 Mixed 29 SusWrite 195 109% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 159% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 3,965 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 36.4 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 26.3 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 36.7 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 119%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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