MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	53.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '20 at 21:06
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 79.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 896 85% 702 Pts	64-Core 1,367 85% 1,367 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 119 Parallax 248 124% 173 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 146 Splatting 165 120% 143 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 856 394 421 410 395 402 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 89% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 737GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 485 485 486 485 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 484 Mixed 420 SusWrite 485 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 47.5 161% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 369 279% 374 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 122%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 121 125 122 125 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 92.8 Write 107 Mixed 73 SusWrite 116 22% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 0.8 8% 4.03 MB/s	DQ Read 1.7 DQ Write 9.7 DQ Mixed 1 2% 4.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 22%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 79 78 81 76 77 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 107 Write 130 Mixed 116 SusWrite 83.4 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 319% 3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 317GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 95 97 97 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 84.5 Write 66.3 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 96.2 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 4x16GB 657 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 27.3 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 28.5 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 184%

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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 $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	248x

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Total price: $727

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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16