MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	89.4% 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	279% 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 @ 3.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '20 at 23:22
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 148 2-Core 299 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 863 91% 726 Pts	64-Core 1,118 69% 1,118 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3700 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 120 Parallax 113 85% 112 fps	MRender 163 Gravity 106 Splatting 100 98% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 430 432 433 433 430 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,586 Write 2201 Mixed 1,663 SusWrite 429 383% 1,720 MB/s	4K Read 65.6 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 93.6 318% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,011 DQ Write 1,260 DQ Mixed 1,163 870% 1,145 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 275GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 489 489 489 411 284 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 490 Mixed 462 SusWrite 442 107% 475 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 60.4 202% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 371 280% 374 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 300GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 489 489 489 411 283 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 488 Mixed 454 SusWrite 442 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 60.3 207% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 370 279% 372 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 8,117 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3666 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 39.2 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 27.2 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 39.1 90% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.6% 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	1,087x
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