MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	279% 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	12.9 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 13 '20 at 14:25
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 155 2-Core 304 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 867 86% 702 Pts	64-Core 1,103 68% 1,103 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.9% 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: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 128 Parallax 144 115% 138 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 130 Splatting 104 110% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 433 433 434 430 430 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2560 Write 2,234 Mixed 1,579 SusWrite 438 379% 1,703 MB/s	4K Read 65.6 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 92.9 317% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 996 DQ Write 1,306 DQ Mixed 1170 878% 1,158 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 105GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 316 316 316 316 316 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 488 Mixed 462 SusWrite 340 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 60.4 206% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 279% 374 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 466GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 490 490 490 409 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 488 Mixed 448 SusWrite 443 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 58 204% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 368 277% 371 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 129%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 64GB 2,475 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 0GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 34 Write 22 Mixed 19.5 30% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2.1 134% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 38%

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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 47.5 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 44.9 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 28.3 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 41.6 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 120%

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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 $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	857x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	435x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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