MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	140% 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.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '23 at 21:39
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	0%

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 7 2700X-$199 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 210 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 706 66% 547 Pts	64-Core 1,205 75% 1,205 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDHL120GB-D8 120GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0G SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 93 112 84 145 215 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 1,442 Write 414 Mixed 531 SusWrite 125 137% 628 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 41.7 192% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 412 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 66.8 136% 276 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 159%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$52 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 25GB free Firmware: UF500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 71 150 140 117 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 337 Write 207 Mixed 255 SusWrite 145 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 14.4 66% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 92.5 DQ Mixed 21.9 39% 77.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 55%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 433GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 138 137 136 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 113 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 137 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 187 187 188 188 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 158 Mixed 109 SusWrite 187 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FD 2x8GB 9,486 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 29.9 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 28.1 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 96%

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

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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	1,752x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,093x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
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	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $694

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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