MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.8% 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	225% 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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '19 at 20:02
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 84.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 293 94% 174 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 863 89% 718 Pts	64-Core 1,100 68% 1,100 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.5% 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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 120 Parallax 112 89% 114 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 104 Splatting 106 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% 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% 309GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 922 762 743 746 743 746 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,228 Write 1347 Mixed 1,112 SusWrite 777 251% 1,116 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 73 259% 99.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,078 DQ Write 1,084 DQ Mixed 1,075 810% 1079 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 228%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$80 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 486GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 454 458 455 463 465 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 450 Mixed 430 SusWrite 456 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 49.8 167% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 298 245% 350 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 125%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 180 186 185 187 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 184 Mixed 30 SusWrite 185 107% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% 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 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 37.9 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 34.9 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 119%

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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 $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	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 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	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $21Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $704

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16