MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	80.2% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '19 at 05:22
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 88.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 294 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 942 94% 765 Pts	64-Core 1,113 69% 1,113 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 128 Parallax 141 114% 136 fps	MRender 153 Gravity 132 Splatting 103 103% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 208 59 111 50 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 468 Write 318 Mixed 323 SusWrite 130 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 33.2 139% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 165 152% 228 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 91%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 150GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 400 397 388 397 394 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 452 Mixed 376 SusWrite 396 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 43 175% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 284 225% 313 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 35.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 36.2 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 110%

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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 $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	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	234x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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	248x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $716

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16