MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	182% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '20 at 00:33
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 2600-$140 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 770 78% 629 Pts	64-Core 1,010 62% 1,010 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 1511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 116 Parallax 132 114% 129 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 132 Splatting 109 112% 141 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$88 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 843 112 443 113 89 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,310 Write 1,074 Mixed 943 SusWrite 272 201% 900 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 74.2 247% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 923 DQ Write 679 DQ Mixed 312 366% 638 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 295%
Samsung PB22-JS3 FDE 2.5" 128GB 813 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 33GB free Firmware: VBM19D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 124 130 133 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 200 Write 38.5 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 124 22% 102 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 9.7 54% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 17.3 DQ Write 7.3 DQ Mixed 9.9 8% 11.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 32%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 31GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 112 88 75 79 78 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 414 Mixed 421 SusWrite 133 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 56.9 189% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 365 276% 369 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$58 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 17GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,329 Write 892 Mixed 868 228% 1,030 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 67.5 234% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 850 DQ Mixed 219 274% 466 MB/s
Poor: 94% Great: 209%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 87GB free Firmware: ST6OA3CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 87 87 87 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 76 Write 71.8 Mixed 46 SusWrite 86.1 51% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 63%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 2GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 28.5 Write 30.5 Mixed 22.5 20% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 32%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$25 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 70GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 75 76 76 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 100 Write 101 Mixed 65 SusWrite 75.3 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 70%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 32GB 7,326 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 23GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 4.1 4 5.1 3.9 4.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	7% Terrible	Read 32.2 Write 5.7 Mixed 12 SusWrite 4.3 14% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 25% 2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 35.5 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 26.2 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 30.2 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,764x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,098x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	869x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $269Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	564x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	477x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	345x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	441x
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 $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	666x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $33Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	249x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363