MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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.
Boot Drive	242% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '20 at 02:41
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$190 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 86.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 952 87% 731 Pts	64-Core 1,390 86% 1,390 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 152 Parallax 141 119% 146 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 143 Splatting 114 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$75 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 402GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1220 840 846 848 848 848 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,033 Write 2,142 Mixed 1,721 SusWrite 908 382% 1,701 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 66.5 224% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,010 DQ Write 573 DQ Mixed 808 597% 797 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 297%
Sandisk SD8TB8U-512G-1006 512GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 146GB free Firmware: X4130106 SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 296 291 284 287 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 481 Mixed 341 SusWrite 308 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 45.6 158% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 214 180% 262 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 100%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 198GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 144 149 147 140 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 324 Write 208 Mixed 236 SusWrite 149 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 38.5 139% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 166 126% 166 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 85%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 136 139 139 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 138 Write 136 Mixed 68 SusWrite 138 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 32.2 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.5 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 26 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,763x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $78Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,098x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	869x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	476x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	345x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	440x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	665x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Total price: $669

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Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369