MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	116% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '19 at 12:50
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	16%

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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 79 1-Core 116 2-Core 243 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 730 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 954 59% 954 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% EVGA(3842 2754) 2GB CLim: 1489 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Lighting 19.8 Reflection 17.2 Parallax 17.6 16% 18.2 fps	MRender 24 Gravity 20.9 Splatting 18.2 17% 21 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$175 12,594 User benchmarks, average bench 134% 221GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.R Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 547 356 366 326 316 384 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 731 Write 924 Mixed 779 SusWrite 383 159% 704 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 31.5 122% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 681 DQ Write 482 DQ Mixed 680 481% 614 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 162%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 27GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 6.8 5.8 6.3 6.3 6.2 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 67.5 Write 2.7 Mixed 2.7 SusWrite 6.1 16% 19.7 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 33% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 8,943 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 14.1 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 14.6 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 82.4 48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 58%

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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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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 64%

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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	435x
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 $45Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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