MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '22 at 19:48
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3800X-$285 141,122 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 87.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 1,086 100% 835 Pts	64-Core 1,520 94% 1,520 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 157 Parallax 158 126% 156 fps	MRender 194 Gravity 134 Splatting 122 119% 150 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar SSD 480GB 1,715 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1115A0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,726 Write 1,200 Mixed 1,120 298% 1,349 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 48 233% 94.7 MB/s	DQ Read 608 DQ Write 909 DQ Mixed 538 469% 685 MB/s
Poor: 61% Great: 217%
Samsung MZ7TE128HMGR-000L1 128GB 5,980 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 48GB free Firmware: EXT06L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 128 108 130 133 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 498 Write 134 Mixed 164 SusWrite 127 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 27.5 145% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 65.6 97% 188 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 552GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 173 170 180 177 180 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 145 Write 166 Mixed 74.9 SusWrite 175 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 114% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 106%
Hitachi HTE723225A7A364 250GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 171GB free Firmware: ECBOA70B SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 96 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 76 Write 74 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 95.5 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 34,252 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 34.8 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 35.8 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 112%

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

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,754x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $89Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,093x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	862x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
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	303x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	661x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $689

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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