MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% 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	262% 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '19 at 21:42
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 76.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 200 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 717 68% 562 Pts	64-Core 1,097 68% 1,097 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 191 Parallax 164 131% 172 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 168 Splatting 125 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1105 884 883 880 869 826 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,468 Write 2,061 Mixed 1,806 SusWrite 908 405% 1,811 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 76.8 250% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 799 DQ Write 544 DQ Mixed 742 535% 695 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 355%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 207GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 312 313 313 313 313 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 485 Mixed 401 SusWrite 331 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 57.4 192% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 364 277% 372 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
MD10000-AQDW-RO 1TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 303GB free Firmware: 5C.01G5C SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 79 80 79 79 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 75 Write 67 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 79 51% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 50%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 23 23 23 23 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 21 Write 19.5 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 22.6 14% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 189% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 87%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 26.3 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 87.8 46% 87.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 102%

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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	339x

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	234x

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	247x

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Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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