MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 85.8%, 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	325% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '20 at 22:18
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 80 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 864 82% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,228 76% 1,228 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 155 Parallax 156 129% 156 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 137 Splatting 120 118% 149 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 877GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1536 2337 1674 1518 1518 1520 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	325% Outstanding	Read 2,591 Write 2,396 Mixed 1,888 SusWrite 1684 480% 2,140 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 81.3 266% 91 MB/s	DQ Read 955 DQ Write 639 DQ Mixed 878 633% 824 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 325% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 11GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 502 Write 488 Mixed 412 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 55.9 186% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 231GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 70 71 76 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 95.1 Write 99.7 Mixed 54 SusWrite 73.4 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.3 244% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 68%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 24GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 11 11 11 10 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 18.3 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 11.8 27% 21.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 2.2 202% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SP008GBLFU240B02 2x8GB 1,193 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 29.4 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 26 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 89%

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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	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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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