MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	264% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '19 at 07:52
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 81 1-Core 153 2-Core 302 96% 179 Pts	4-Core 593 8-Core 1,164 104% 879 Pts	64-Core 1,438 89% 1,438 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 193 Parallax 174 143% 181 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 175 Splatting 126 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 29,078 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 909GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1505 876 1033 1044 1048 1052 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 1,525 Write 2,706 Mixed 1,729 SusWrite 1,093 400% 1,763 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 66.7 237% 91.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,500 DQ Write 1,370 DQ Mixed 1,458 1,087% 1,443 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 310%
Kingmax 240GB 240GB 2,389 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 223GB free Firmware: M1024E SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 272 273 273 273 273 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 272 Mixed 277 SusWrite 273 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.3 150% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 148 150% 241 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 280GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 159 Write 154 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 108 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 109%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.5 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	4.36% Terrible	Read 13 Write 2.5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 5.4 7% 6.28 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.36% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3466 MHz clocked @ 1733 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 34.2 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 34.6 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 109%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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