MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '20 at 11:24
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 256 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 927 86% 720 Pts	64-Core 1,361 84% 1,361 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 74.9 Reflection 76.4 Parallax 66.6 61% 72.6 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 73.8 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,491 Write 863 Mixed 1,030 318% 1,461 MB/s	4K Read 61.9 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 84.6 287% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 970 DQ Write 936 DQ Mixed 952 715% 953 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 43GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 381 416 313 188 175 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 384 Write 416 Mixed 321 SusWrite 315 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 35.6 132% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 259 206% 286 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 54GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 167 189 184 185 161 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 125 Mixed 83 SusWrite 177 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Facet 8GB 2,885 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 3.6 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	8.38% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 15 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 4 17% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 2.4 136% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.38% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 34.3 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 31 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 119%

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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