MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.5% 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	124% 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 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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 02:57
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 81.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 294 94% 175 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 1,009 93% 779 Pts	64-Core 1,424 88% 1,424 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 109 Parallax 93.1 81% 100 fps	MRender 90.6 Gravity 93 Splatting 96.4 77% 93.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 219 365 383 336 343 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 476 Mixed 416 SusWrite 338 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 62.4 215% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 368 276% 369 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 936GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1500 1596 1565 1607 1611 1601 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 1,474 Write 1,614 Mixed 1,092 SusWrite 1580 325% 1,440 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 84.8 305% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 638 DQ Write 911 DQ Mixed 271 346% 607 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 255%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 41.8 Write 39.3 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 41.6 29% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 32.6 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 33.5 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 104%

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

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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 $36Bench 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) $31	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