MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '20 at 05:40
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 77.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 83% 153 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 935 87% 723 Pts	64-Core 1377 85% 1377 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8706) ≥ 4GB; STRIX-RTX2070S-A8G-GAMING CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 129 Parallax 129 115% 133 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 114 Splatting 94 99% 125 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$75 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 373GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 268 327 368 402 401 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 64 Mixed 115 SusWrite 355 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 53.6 174% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 129%
SABRENT 1TB 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT303.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1918 1229 441 597 790 757 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 133 132 131 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 122 Write 128 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 131 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C15-8GVGB F4-3200C16-8GTZRX F4-3000C15-8GVGB F4-3200C16-8GTZRX 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.9% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 25.2 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 25 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 96%

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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	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	859x

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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
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 $37Bench 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	248x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $716

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16