MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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.
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

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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '20 at 15:57
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 668 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 854 53% 854 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2435) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 138 Parallax 117 112% 131 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 126 Splatting 108 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 337GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 908 423 426 428 428 428 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,548 Write 1,633 Mixed 1,295 SusWrite 507 279% 1,246 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 65.9 222% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 876 DQ Write 523 DQ Mixed 745 543% 715 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 237%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,324 Write 4,934 Mixed 5,408 1,236% 5,555 MB/s	4K Read 337 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 227 902% 251 MB/s	DQ Read 999 DQ Write 618 DQ Mixed 734 567% 783 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 342GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 80 81 81 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 106 Write 110 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 80.3 64% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 855GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 180 178 178 181 186 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 114 Write 130 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 179 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 69% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$83 8,676 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 31.4 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 27.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 95%

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

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,087x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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