MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% 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	195% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '20 at 06:24
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.65 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 76.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 862 78% 654 Pts	64-Core 1169 72% 1169 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3081) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	130% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 168 Parallax 176 143% 173 fps	MRender 201 Gravity 158 Splatting 115 124% 158 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 847 664 840 711 858 695 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,453 Write 1,969 Mixed 1,618 SusWrite 769 328% 1,452 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 57.5 177% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 870 DQ Write 660 DQ Mixed 807 592% 779 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 298%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 301 302 301 301 301 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 472 Mixed 408 SusWrite 320 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 51.6 171% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 196 194 194 196 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 137 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 194 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3000C16 4x8GB 2,095 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.3% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 25.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 25 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 87.9 46% 87.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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