MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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.
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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190705
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '19 at 08:45
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (41^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 3600-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 73.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 269 87% 161 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 821 84% 679 Pts	64-Core 980 61% 980 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C726) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 134 Parallax 115 112% 128 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 127 Splatting 105 106% 134 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,351 Write 1,052 Mixed 1,137 332% 1,514 MB/s	4K Read 60.1 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 78.9 272% 96.8 MB/s	DQ Read 837 DQ Write 763 DQ Mixed 484 449% 694 MB/s
Poor: 139% Great: 271%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 192 190 196 195 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 152 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 191 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 55GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 37 37 38 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 35.2 Mixed 25 SusWrite 36.9 45% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 28.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 24.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 93 43% 93 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 110%

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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