MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.3% 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	56% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '19 at 14:13
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G-$135 127,344 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	60.6% Good	Memory 71.2 1-Core 87.8 2-Core 147 60% 102 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 478 45% 374 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 108 Parallax 105 86% 107 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 82.9 83% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pioneer APS-SL2 Serise 240GB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: V3.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 53 169 116 111 111 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 427 Write 362 Mixed 277 SusWrite 144 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 8.5 81% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 15.2 54% 115 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 71%
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 131GB free Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 23 58 117 109 105 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 428 Write 321 Mixed 191 SusWrite 114 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 10.1 49% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 81 DQ Mixed 30.8 41% 75.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905702-027.A00G 99U5702-025.A00G 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 25.3 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 20.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 98.6 41% 98.6 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 93%

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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 $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	857x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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