MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '19 at 20:43
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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-$190 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 73.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 80% 147 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 786 75% 619 Pts	64-Core 1,199 74% 1,199 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$271 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 115 Parallax 109 98% 115 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 101 Splatting 82.2 85% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 97%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$26 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 58 79 70 73 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 25.7 Write 68.5 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 63.1 33% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.1 28% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$50 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.8% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 11.4 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 12 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,763x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $78Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,098x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	869x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	563x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	476x
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	665x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Total price: $671

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