MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '20 at 14:51
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$125 179,588 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)	92% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 247 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 760 77% 626 Pts	64-Core 1,009 62% 1,009 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 151 Parallax 161 136% 160 fps	MRender 211 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 121% 154 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SX950U 480GB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427ANR Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 510 Write 479 Mixed 454 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 51.1 176% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 299 246% 352 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 123%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 21GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 496 Write 431 Mixed 413 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 50.9 181% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 175 185% 305 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$22 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 66GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 89.5 Write 78.5 Mixed 55 SusWrite 75.6 55% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 61%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 57GB free Firmware: 12.01A12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 66 68 68 68 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 71.3 Write 64.3 Mixed 52 SusWrite 67.1 47% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 60%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 201GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 133 133 133 132 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 135 Write 143 Mixed 31 SusWrite 132 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 2x8GB 30,532 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	MC Read 49.2 MC Write 47.3 MC Mixed 41.8 132% 46.1 GB/s	SC Read 28.8 SC Write 46.4 SC Mixed 34.7 105% 36.6 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 110%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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