MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.6% 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	64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '20 at 03:22
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 85.2 1-Core 154 2-Core 307 98% 182 Pts	4-Core 601 8-Core 1098 102% 850 Pts	64-Core 1,480 92% 1,480 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 86.7 Parallax 89.6 78% 90.8 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 80 Splatting 75.3 73% 91.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 125 126 121 126 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 134 Write 193 Mixed 169 SusWrite 121 35% 154 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 36.5 143% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 157 126% 175 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 66%
Transcend MTS800 M.2 128GB-$126 5,326 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 60GB free Firmware: N1126I SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 151 151 152 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 521 Write 152 Mixed 212 SusWrite 151 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 41.2 154% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 151 127% 187 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 436GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 156 152 161 157 159 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 141 Write 112 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 157 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 828GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 135 133 132 132 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 151 Write 117 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 132 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 113%

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 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 37.7 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 37.5 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 120%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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 $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) $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