MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210930
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '21 at 07:39
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 5800X-$200 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 78.7 1-Core 158 2-Core 314 98% 184 Pts	4-Core 628 8-Core 1,016 101% 822 Pts	64-Core 1,566 97% 1,566 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3714) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 108 Parallax 100 82% 103 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 101 Splatting 96.5 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 485 Write 141 Mixed 160 57% 262 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 34.4 155% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 140 130% 210 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 59GB free Firmware: UF2204RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 125 135 86 48 29 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 449 Write 393 Mixed 199 SusWrite 116 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 16.2 81% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 97.7 DQ Mixed 18.4 38% 76.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 56%
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 107GB free Firmware: CS900P13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 470 347 195 186 405 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 105 Mixed 97.6 SusWrite 343 41% 181 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 44.9 171% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 231 201% 297 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 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	67.2% Good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 25.5 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 25.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 104%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
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 $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 $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