MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	272% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	May 26 '19 at 12:32
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 761 75% 615 Pts	64-Core 983 61% 983 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 94.4 85% 103 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 100 81% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$80 8,191 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1492 1549 1393 403 401 392 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,398 Write 1,580 Mixed 1,220 SusWrite 938 341% 1534 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 80.2 267% 93.2 MB/s	DQ Read 720 DQ Write 878 DQ Mixed 782 595% 794 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 308%
TEAML5Lite3D480G 480GB 4,595 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 317GB free Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 447 454 458 459 459 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 474 Mixed 436 SusWrite 456 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 61.7 203% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 145 173% 300 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 127%
Adata SU655 960GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 577GB free Firmware: V8X01c31 SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 393 395 395 394 395 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 389 Mixed 346 SusWrite 395 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 38 137% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 203 154% 204 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 203 205 206 208 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 161 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 204 117% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 33.8 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 27.7 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 120%

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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 $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
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	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	435x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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