MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	281% 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 09:47
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 82.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 966 86% 729 Pts	64-Core 1,357 84% 1,357 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.4% 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: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3725 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 150 Parallax 148 123% 150 fps	MRender 195 Gravity 139 Splatting 112 117% 148 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 117% 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% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1133 1075 932 939 937 932 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,568 Write 1977 Mixed 1,456 SusWrite 991 390% 1,748 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 78.3 257% 88 MB/s	DQ Read 1008 DQ Write 692 DQ Mixed 524 479% 741 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 153 153 153 155 154 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 88.7 Write 96.7 Mixed 68 SusWrite 150 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.3 152% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.9% 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)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 34 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 25.1 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 29.5 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.8% 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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	434x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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