MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% 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	89.4% 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, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190705
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '19 at 07:23
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 (99^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 83.7 1-Core 150 2-Core 291 95% 175 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 1,087 100% 837 Pts	64-Core 1,343 83% 1,343 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3182) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4525 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 165 Parallax 161 134% 163 fps	MRender 204 Gravity 143 Splatting 104 118% 150 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 271 282 284 283 286 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 485 Write 280 Mixed 280 SusWrite 278 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 36.4 133% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 175 158% 240 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 96%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 97GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 413 478 472 458 405 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 486 Mixed 453 SusWrite 436 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59.8 202% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 372 280% 374 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 224GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 148 Write 144 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 107 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 109%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 124GB 623 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 26GB free, PID 00ed Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 7.4 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	8.21% Terrible	Read 32.5 Write 10.3 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 11.3 18% 16.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1.3 60% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.21% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 31.8 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 29.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 104%

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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