MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	170% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '23 at 13:10
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 82 1-Core 134 2-Core 272 88% 163 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 945 89% 738 Pts	64-Core 1318 82% 1318 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 115 Parallax 134 108% 127 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 127 Splatting 105 108% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 284GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 789 51 45 577 552 47 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,411 Write 918 Mixed 889 SusWrite 344 198% 890 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 64.8 222% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 747 DQ Mixed 224 260% 432 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 242%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 129 131 128 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 159 Write 160 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 129 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 297% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 617GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 123 129 129 127 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 50.3 Write 108 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 120 64% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.5 183% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 87%
Samsung HN-M750MBB 750GB-$58 1,121 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 319GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 90 90 89 91 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 87.1 Write 53.9 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 88.2 51% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$36 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 32.4 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 31.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 103%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	860x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $731

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16