MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	255% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '19 at 13:14
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 82.3 1-Core 151 2-Core 300 96% 178 Pts	4-Core 601 8-Core 1034 99% 818 Pts	64-Core 1,457 90% 1,457 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3790) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.68 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Lighting 97.4 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 75.4 79% 86.5 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 80.9 Splatting 78.7 63% 76.7 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 243GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 960 688 676 684 670 704 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 1,790 Write 2,234 Mixed 1,730 SusWrite 730 365% 1,621 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 76.1 272% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,328 DQ Write 1,132 DQ Mixed 1,207 911% 1,222 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 297%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 417GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 496 495 495 491 495 495 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 497 Mixed 475 SusWrite 494 112% 496 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63 212% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 372 280% 374 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 138 139 141 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 128 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 138 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 152% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 30.9 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 31.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 104%

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

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 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