MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	211% 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	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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '20 at 19:50
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$199 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 85.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 801 78% 638 Pts	64-Core 1,323 82% 1,323 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 113 Parallax 256 115% 170 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 137 Splatting 156 113% 135 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$104 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1227 283 282 277 296 299 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 2463 Write 1,420 Mixed 1,032 SusWrite 444 296% 1,340 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 60 201% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 944 DQ Write 94.6 DQ Mixed 206 230% 415 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 280%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 480GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 134 135 130 136 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 158 Write 145 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 134 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 98%
AMD T00 StoreMI 2TB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 213 209 209 220 220 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 27% Great: 105%
PATRIOT 1.5TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 528GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 107 Write 124 Mixed 78.5 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$102 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 35.6 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 28.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,759x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,097x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	867x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	476x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	344x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	666x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $32Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $687

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16