MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	142% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '20 at 20:44
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$199 159,077 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 (88^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 81.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 796 77% 636 Pts	64-Core 1,285 80% 1,285 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	142% Outstanding	Lighting 208 Reflection 172 Parallax 197 169% 192 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 147 Splatting 124 120% 151 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,467 Write 1,216 Mixed 1,017 343% 1,566 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 76.8 262% 91.6 MB/s	DQ Read 924 DQ Write 797 DQ Mixed 853 642% 858 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 86GB free Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 119 127 127 118 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 449 Write 349 Mixed 263 SusWrite 164 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 17.6 69% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 91.1 DQ Mixed 40.9 48% 84.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 56%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 455GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 161 162 161 164 162 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 116 Write 122 Mixed 62 SusWrite 162 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 205 207 206 207 209 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 138 Write 104 Mixed 76 SusWrite 204 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 106%
PATRIOT 1.5TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 485GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 92 92 90 90 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 94.4 Write 112 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 90.3 71% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.7 196% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$103 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 34.3 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 26.7 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 27.8 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 114%

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

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,324 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,752x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,092x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	342x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $694

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16