MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	103% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190705
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '19 at 22:38
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 71.5 1-Core 148 2-Core 291 90% 170 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 795 83% 664 Pts	64-Core 1,018 63% 1,018 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 13AA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 147 Parallax 147 128% 151 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 110% 139 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 378 397 403 405 399 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 373 Write 436 Mixed 300 SusWrite 395 85% 376 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 42.6 157% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 153 166% 278 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 111%
IT-CEO USB2.0SATADevice 2TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 154GB free, PID 4511 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 39 Write 41.5 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 21.8 45% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 57% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 36%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 159GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 22 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 38.8 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 21.4 43% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 105% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.9% Good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 26.1 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 24.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 98 41% 98 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 102%

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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 $40Bench 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 $40	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