MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '20 at 04:51
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 243 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 778 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 1,311 81% 1,311 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 106 Parallax 96.6 88% 104 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 86.4 Splatting 75.1 75% 94.3 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,258 Write 2,147 Mixed 1,523 440% 1,976 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 70.5 236% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 897 DQ Write 674 DQ Mixed 849 617% 807 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 76GB free Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 164 162 169 158 159 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 327 Write 238 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 160 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 37.5 130% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 154 132% 191 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 89%
Lacie Rugged Mini USB3 2TB 1,234 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: 1053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 113 109 112 106 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 72.5 Write 123 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 110 73% 98 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.7 210% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 67%
Lacie Rugged Mini USB3 2TB 1,234 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 103 91 101 101 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 59.7 Write 95 Mixed 85 SusWrite 100 63% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.6 176% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$160 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 34.5 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 29.9 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 114%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,748x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,086x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	558x
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 $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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