MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	161% 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	249% 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.

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Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '22 at 11:25
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 87.1 2-Core 216 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 621 57% 475 Pts	64-Core 869 54% 869 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$479 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Zotac(19DA 1653) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	161% Outstanding	Lighting 237 Reflection 207 Parallax 209 193% 218 fps	MRender 256 Gravity 159 Splatting 129 142% 181 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1434 1540 1561 1659 1031 539 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 1,612 Write 1,666 Mixed 1263 SusWrite 1,294 328% 1,459 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 73.1 242% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 753 DQ Write 609 DQ Mixed 349 352% 570 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 277%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 83GB free Firmware: UF5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 100 160 151 132 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 454 Write 368 Mixed 294 SusWrite 173 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 19.7 64% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 89.9 DQ Mixed 44.8 50% 84.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 56%
Tcsunbow X3 240GB 3,491 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 223GB free Firmware: R1001A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 257 72 72 72 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 486 Write 446 Mixed 432 SusWrite 161 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 30.6 148% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 46.7 98% 196 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (92^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	100% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 33.2 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 26.3 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 102%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,757x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,094x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	867x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	476x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	344x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	665x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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