MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.1% 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	84.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 03 '20 at 14:37
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 81.7 1-Core 154 2-Core 307 97% 181 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 920 93% 753 Pts	64-Core 1108 69% 1108 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2402 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.98 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 125 Parallax 109 98% 118 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 111 Splatting 111 92% 112 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 155 156 151 156 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 395 Write 198 Mixed 254 SusWrite 156 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 44.9 162% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 202 151% 201 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 229GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 299 302 304 305 304 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 496 Mixed 405 SusWrite 306 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 64.8 222% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 124%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 829GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 903 1159 1392 1453 1461 1505 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 1,467 Write 1,602 Mixed 1,097 SusWrite 1,312 309% 1,370 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 82.3 289% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 635 DQ Write 908 DQ Mixed 271 345% 604 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 255%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 84GB free Firmware: 5.41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 355 340 339 320 317 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 83%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 134 138 138 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 148 Write 143 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 135 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3000C16K4D 2x8GB 12,037 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 32.4 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 32.1 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 101%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16