MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	124% 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

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '20 at 20:25
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 247 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 764 77% 625 Pts	64-Core 1022 63% 1022 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 154 Parallax 163 136% 161 fps	MRender 210 Gravity 140 Splatting 113 121% 154 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SX950U 480GB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 458 474 480 480 481 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 478 Mixed 462 SusWrite 472 109% 482 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 56.8 186% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 303 248% 353 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 123%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 30GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 142 143 143 141 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 482 Mixed 346 SusWrite 170 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 52.6 190% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 178 186% 306 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$22 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 58GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 67 67 68 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 98.6 Write 96.2 Mixed 52.9 SusWrite 67 58% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 61%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 47GB free Firmware: 12.01A12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 71 71 71 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 77.9 Write 66.5 Mixed 47.9 SusWrite 70.3 48% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 60%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 90GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 160 176 176 176 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 168 Mixed 32 SusWrite 171 96% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 2x8GB 30,532 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	MC Read 49.6 MC Write 48.4 MC Mixed 42.7 134% 46.9 GB/s	SC Read 29.8 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 36.4 106% 37.2 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 110%

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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 $275	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