MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	47.2% 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	164% 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.

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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190705
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '19 at 15:12
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Memory 45.7 1-Core 19.1 2-Core 39.3 24% 34.7 Pts	4-Core 78.3 8-Core 353 22% 216 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.2% Average	Lighting 57 Reflection 54.2 Parallax 56.7 46% 55.9 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 61.1 Splatting 51 49% 60.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 567GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1069 973 1005 964 1026 1117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,548 Write 1,506 Mixed 1,183 SusWrite 1,026 296% 1,316 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 31.1 105% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 160 121% 163 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 372%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 154GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 316 310 308 313 314 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 279 Write 280 Mixed 259 SusWrite 312 64% 282 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 23.9 79% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 158 118% 157 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 87GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 48 48 49 93 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 126 Write 70.5 Mixed 61 SusWrite 62.5 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESCK.M8FE 2x8GB 4,372 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 28.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 12.5 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 177 22% 177 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 114%

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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	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 $178	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