MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '21 at 02:52
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$295 141,122 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 85.2 1-Core 154 2-Core 298 97% 179 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 1,063 99% 825 Pts	64-Core 1,534 95% 1,534 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 97.4% 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: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3840 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 160 Parallax 178 131% 166 fps	MRender 203 Gravity 140 Splatting 123 123% 155 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar SSD 480GB 1,715 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1115A0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,743 Write 1514 Mixed 596 284% 1,284 MB/s	4K Read 56.7 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 27.5 159% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 926 DQ Write 99.6 DQ Mixed 293 270% 439 MB/s
Poor: 61% Great: 217%
Samsung MZ7TE128HMGR-000L1 128GB 5,980 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 92GB free Firmware: EXT06L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 132 133 133 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 497 Write 137 Mixed 161 SusWrite 133 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 27.3 142% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 64.6 97% 188 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 571GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 139 145 138 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 137 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 137 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 93% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 106%
Hitachi HTE723225A7A364 250GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 364GB free Firmware: ECBOA70B SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 87 89 88 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 128 Write 126 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 87.8 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.8% 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 (53^rd percentile)	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 34.2 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 28.8 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 39.1 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 112%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 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	857x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	339x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	436x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	234x

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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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