MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	44.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	170% 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 (28%). 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190705
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 08:49
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 3600-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 79.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 257 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 782 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 918 57% 918 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.9% Average	Lighting 54.4 Reflection 58.2 Parallax 54.5 44% 55.7 fps	MRender 64.7 Gravity 54.5 Splatting 51.8 46% 57 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 694 558 395 410 408 407 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,172 Write 808 Mixed 786 SusWrite 479 181% 811 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 62.2 214% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 876 DQ Mixed 222 282% 483 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 242%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-488 240GB 1,955 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 223GB free Firmware: CS211101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 275 278 282 280 280 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 423 Write 280 Mixed 263 SusWrite 276 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 34.1 117% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 180 162% 246 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 97%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 89GB free Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 38 39 40 39 44 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 91%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 399GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 90 91 91 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 82 Write 92.7 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 90.6 61% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESEK.M8FE 2x8GB 3,139 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 30.2 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 24.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 115%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
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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Value: 73% - Very good

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