MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	275% 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '20 at 02:47
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 156 2-Core 311 101% 186 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 850 82% 673 Pts	64-Core 1,088 67% 1,088 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 91.6% 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: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 123 Parallax 125 100% 123 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 125 Splatting 98.2 104% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% 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% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 500 423 428 419 405 399 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2519 Write 2,174 Mixed 1,555 SusWrite 429 372% 1,669 MB/s	4K Read 65 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 92.9 314% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,012 DQ Write 1,265 DQ Mixed 1,161 869% 1,146 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 242GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 479 479 479 433 282 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 478 Mixed 452 SusWrite 434 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 57.4 196% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 381GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 479 479 479 435 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 480 Mixed 454 SusWrite 436 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 58.3 194% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 372 280% 375 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 124% 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 @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 44.1 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 43.6 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 28.9 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 40.6 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 120%

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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 $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) $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