MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 151% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 137% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	170% 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.
Boot Drive	212% 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	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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '19 at 17:53
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 742 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 996 62% 996 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2383) ≥ 4GB; evga 2080ti xc ultra CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Lighting 235 Reflection 242 Parallax 241 191% 239 fps	MRender 296 Gravity 240 Splatting 151 179% 229 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 805GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1470 1398 1198 205 241 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,468 Write 1,558 Mixed 1,083 SusWrite 769 274% 1,220 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 70 239% 83.9 MB/s	DQ Read 627 DQ Write 831 DQ Mixed 272 332% 576 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 255%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 223GB free Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 59 52 52 52 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 471 Write 367 Mixed 323 SusWrite 71.2 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 30.9 134% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 10 72% 165 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 385GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 147 148 148 148 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 138 Mixed 78 SusWrite 147 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3333 MHz clocked @ 1667 MHz Performing below potential (99^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	114% Outstanding	MC Read 46 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 36.8 119% 41.6 GB/s	SC Read 28.3 SC Write 39.3 SC Mixed 31.1 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 104%

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

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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