MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	123% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '19 at 23:08
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 71.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 302 92% 174 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 1,182 105% 889 Pts	64-Core 1,487 92% 1,487 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 192 Parallax 174 151% 184 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 180 Splatting 121 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 282 288 289 289 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 496 Mixed 392 SusWrite 300 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 64.6 218% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 371 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 162GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 493 494 499 346 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 498 Mixed 464 SusWrite 425 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62.5 213% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 372 280% 375 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 129%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 221GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 83 83 83 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 76.2 Write 82 Mixed 42.2 SusWrite 83 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.1% Good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 26.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 24.7 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 98.6 41% 98.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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