MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	86.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	10.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 23:24
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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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-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 77.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 217 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 732 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 1,289 80% 1,289 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 118 Parallax 134 116% 131 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 138 Splatting 112 114% 144 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 129 123 123 121 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 491 Write 282 Mixed 257 SusWrite 128 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 37.2 145% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 227 197% 295 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 128%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB 8,393 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 171GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 460 456 464 468 450 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 468 Mixed 460 SusWrite 434 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 50.9 168% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 295 221% 293 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 26.1 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 110%

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

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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	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $701

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16