MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	339% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '20 at 23:34
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X-$395 197,342 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 81.7 1-Core 151 2-Core 298 95% 177 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 1146 102% 862 Pts	64-Core 2,127 132% 2,127 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 130 Parallax 142 113% 137 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 113 Splatting 98.2 100% 127 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1854 1550 1383 1274 858 814 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	339% Outstanding	Read 2,679 Write 2,488 Mixed 1,906 SusWrite 1,289 468% 2,090 MB/s	4K Read 68.6 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 97.5 327% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 1,323 DQ Write 971 DQ Mixed 1,118 843% 1,137 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 339% Great: 372%
T-force 1TB 1TB 4,929 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 677GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 470 437 429 428 424 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 465 Mixed 398 SusWrite 443 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 52.5 175% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 111 152% 276 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 129%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 150 150 153 151 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 150 Write 138 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 148 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 556GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 160 161 163 162 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 160 Mixed 95.3 SusWrite 161 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 237% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 109%
Generic MassStorageClass 128GB 575 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 102GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 85 85 85 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 92.5 Write 81.3 Mixed 66 SusWrite 84.7 109% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 4.5 290% 4.57 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,513 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 39.6 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 35.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 131%

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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	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 $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 $295	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