MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	348% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '20 at 22:21
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 68.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 302 92% 175 Pts	4-Core 593 8-Core 1,062 100% 828 Pts	64-Core 1,457 90% 1,457 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 13AA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 153 Parallax 166 132% 160 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 112% 142 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116 16,263 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1681 1728 1708 1030 1691 1750 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	348% Outstanding	Read 2,595 Write 1,642 Mixed 1,307 SusWrite 1,598 398% 1,785 MB/s	4K Read 64.3 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 94.1 311% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,202 DQ Write 1,025 DQ Mixed 1,210 881% 1,146 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 348% Great: 355%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 36GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 114 117 118 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 98.4 Write 91.8 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 117 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 69%
Samsung FIT USB 3.0 32GB-$27 3,642 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 30GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 13 17 15 16 16 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 39.3 Write 24.1 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 13.8 35% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 9.8 4K Mixed 6.6 585% 7.93 MB/s	DQ Read 8.9 DQ Write 8.8 DQ Mixed 7.1 574% 8.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3733 C17 Series 2x8GB 4,455 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.9% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 25.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 25.2 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 116%

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

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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	435x
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