MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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	89% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '20 at 23:32
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 81.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 832 85% 689 Pts	64-Core 1,038 64% 1,038 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 120 Parallax 113 90% 114 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 104 Splatting 108 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 169 145 124 124 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 497 Mixed 419 SusWrite 183 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 61.7 209% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 368 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Transcend SSD340 256GB-$194 1,962 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 46GB free Firmware: SVN059 SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 300 274 258 231 258 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 304 Mixed 278 SusWrite 270 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 45.3 161% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 151 155% 251 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 98%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 703GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 484 481 483 483 483 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 483 Mixed 451 SusWrite 482 109% 483 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 65.8 220% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 292 217% 286 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 87GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 163 132 110 110 102 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 164 Write 156 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 130 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 33.8 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 33.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 104%

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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