MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '22 at 17:58
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 244 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 768 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 1,131 70% 1,131 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 147A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 177 Parallax 170 154% 179 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 138 Splatting 119 117% 146 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3Z40107 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 501 Write 420 Mixed 14.4 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 16.8 4K Mixed 0.6 37% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 10.4 DQ Mixed 41.5 34% 51.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 278GB free Firmware: MS2OA5R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 27 13 13 12 15 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 33% Great: 99%
SAMSUNG HD103SI 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 931GB free, PID 1059 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 37.6 Write 23.2 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 38.6 45% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE1 2x8GB 13,393 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 34.7 114% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 28.5 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 32.2 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%

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

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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	1,089x
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	340x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	437x
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 $48Bench 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: $737

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16