MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.7% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '19 at 10:54
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 252 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 728 68% 563 Pts	64-Core 1,039 64% 1,039 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 112 65% 90.4 fps	MRender 78.2 Gravity 82.4 Splatting 65.3 61% 75.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Vaseky V900/128G 128GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 40 51 54 26 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 493 Write 422 Mixed 25 SusWrite 66.7 55% 252 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 15.9 4K Mixed 16.3 69% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 17.1 DQ Mixed 13.8 24% 51.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 176%
TEAML5Lite3D240G 240GB 6,836 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 66GB free Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 261 148 148 147 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 510 Write 389 Mixed 381 SusWrite 207 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 38.6 134% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 64 DQ Mixed 59.4 57% 91.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 123%
TEAML5Lite3D480G 480GB 4,595 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 56GB free Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 455 459 460 460 460 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 453 Mixed 410 SusWrite 458 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 43.9 146% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 105 120% 204 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 66GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 183 181 183 184 183 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 125 Write 98 Mixed 62.8 SusWrite 182 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 135GB free Firmware: 3.CHN SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 63 64 64 63 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 62 Write 30.8 Mixed 40 SusWrite 63.2 36% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 931GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 109 110 110 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 63 SusWrite 110 130% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3466 MHz clocked @ 1733 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 48.3 MC Write 44.8 MC Mixed 37.9 125% 43.7 GB/s	SC Read 29.2 SC Write 42.2 SC Mixed 31.2 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 110%

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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	1,087x
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 $129Bench 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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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) $35	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