MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '19 at 21:52
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 71.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 208 72% 130 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 688 63% 528 Pts	64-Core 1,199 74% 1,199 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 96.4 Reflection 109 Parallax 91.7 79% 99.1 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 91.7 Splatting 93.6 76% 93.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 189 202 204 197 279 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	53% Above average	Read 278 Write 286 Mixed 321 SusWrite 217 62% 275 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 20.8 73% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 92.4 DQ Mixed 104 86% 126 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 65%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 432GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 243 246 254 252 254 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 317 Write 266 Mixed 246 SusWrite 256 61% 271 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 25.1 95% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 215 177% 251 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 846GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 165 163 166 165 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 151 Mixed 78 SusWrite 165 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
V7 VAFD4GAR 4GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 0000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 4.9 4.9 4.1 4.5 4.6 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	5.04% Terrible	Read 19 Write 2.7 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 4.4 8% 7.58 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.04% Great: 8%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 32GB 586 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 30GB free, PID 00ad Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 18 18 17 20 18 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	Read 110 Write 29.5 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 17.6 48% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 78% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 11.6 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 97.6 41% 97.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 120%

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
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 $129Bench 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 $184	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) $35	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