MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '19 at 01:14
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 705 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 934 58% 934 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 1F02) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 129 Parallax 87.8 84% 106 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 72.3 72% 90.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 480GB 16,899 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 230 187 214 226 185 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 338 Write 106 Mixed 90 SusWrite 236 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 11.4 54% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 13.8 DQ Write 14.9 DQ Mixed 216 107% 81.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 200GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 99 99 99 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 116 Write 112 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 99 71% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 70%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 220GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 77 75 74 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 75.3 115% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 111% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 43.9 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 36 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 26.9 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 30.8 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%

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

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
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 $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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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