MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	178% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '20 at 02:13
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 2700X-$199 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 80.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 85% 156 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 861 83% 682 Pts	64-Core 1,227 76% 1,227 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2487) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	129% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 210 Parallax 238 134% 204 fps	MRender 239 Gravity 182 Splatting 115 139% 179 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 560 332 332 331 333 330 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,888 Write 1,344 Mixed 621 SusWrite 370 233% 1,056 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 42.6 156% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 826 DQ Write 612 DQ Mixed 601 481% 680 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 236%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$33 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 178GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 569 622 306 649 683 673 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 86%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$110 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: RR04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 179 181 180 181 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 226 Mixed 113 SusWrite 181 132% 180 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 406% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D30BESB.16FD 2x16GB 1,539 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 33.7 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 28.9 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 105%

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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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,754x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,094x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	865x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	344x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 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	663x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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) $39	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