MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	280% 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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190125
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '19 at 05:49
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 983 88% 745 Pts	64-Core 1,394 86% 1,394 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3071) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3675 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 153 Parallax 160 133% 159 fps	MRender 195 Gravity 140 Splatting 114 118% 150 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 476GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1037 918 930 932 935 937 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,595 Write 1,977 Mixed 1,532 SusWrite 948 393% 1,763 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 78.4 257% 87.7 MB/s	DQ Read 995 DQ Write 700 DQ Mixed 524 479% 740 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 136 145 145 153 154 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 81 Write 120 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 146 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.3 153% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 1,740 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 34 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 30 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 98%

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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 $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