MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	179% 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '19 at 12:42
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 2600-$145 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 230 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 672 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 878 54% 878 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C726) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3563 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 153 Parallax 164 129% 159 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 138 Splatting 112 115% 145 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 864 915 917 365 145 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,328 Write 927 Mixed 868 SusWrite 544 204% 916 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 63.8 220% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 761 DQ Mixed 222 262% 439 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 209%
Amd-raid Array 3 511GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 136% 467GB free Firmware: 9.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 0 38 107 111 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 484 Write 424 Mixed 351 SusWrite 67.7 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 26.4 97% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 87.5 99% 161 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 240%
Amd-raid Array 1 2TB 699 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 357GB free Firmware: 9.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 0 40 117 118 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 48.7 Write 76 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 71.8 49% 66 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.4 166% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 107%
Amd-raid Array 2 1TB 455 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 931GB free Firmware: 9.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 0 41 117 118 119 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 126 Write 118 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 72.3 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.9 118% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 26% Great: 106%

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 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 32.2 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 27.1 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 102%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,754x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,093x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	863x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	343x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	303x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	661x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $689

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16