MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	97.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '20 at 15:45
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.25 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 66.6 1-Core 151 2-Core 300 90% 172 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 979 97% 790 Pts	64-Core 1144 71% 1144 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 194 Parallax 177 149% 185 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 176 Splatting 121 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G1SA754D117-551 120GB 412 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 310 314 314 315 312 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 314 Mixed 303 SusWrite 311 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 40.7 147% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 187 167% 251 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 98%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 131GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 488 406 332 335 336 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 494 Mixed 444 SusWrite 396 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 65.1 218% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 368 277% 371 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 128%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 518GB free Firmware: JE4OA50A SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 82 86 85 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 86 Write 89.7 Mixed 45.6 SusWrite 84.3 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 53%
WD My Passport 25F3 256GB 556 User benchmarks, average bench 149% 140GB free, PID 25f3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 201 201 201 199 200 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 376 Write 218 Mixed 210 SusWrite 206 317% 253 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 20.7 1,657% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 23.7 DQ Write 26.1 DQ Mixed 21.6 1,710% 23.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 260%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 544 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 27.2 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 27.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 123%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	434x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	233x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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