MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (3rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 97 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 31.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	37.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	129% 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 (23%). 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	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190705
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 12:06
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing way below expectations (3^rd 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 1.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Memory 46.4 1-Core 19.9 2-Core 38.8 24% 35 Pts	4-Core 88.5 8-Core 493 29% 291 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 31.6% 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: 441.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.6% Below average	Lighting 40.4 Reflection 51.9 Parallax 54.7 33% 49 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 57.2 Splatting 49.9 46% 58 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 37.6% 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% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 663 712 722 761 728 751 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 1,407 Write 1,283 Mixed 727 SusWrite 723 231% 1,035 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 15.8 4K Mixed 18.6 70% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 155 117% 157 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 372%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 24GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 236 240 225 210 191 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.8% Average	Read 268 Write 258 Mixed 213 SusWrite 224 54% 240 MB/s	4K Read 9.2 4K Write 15.3 4K Mixed 10.6 36% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 143 108% 143 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 17GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 108 107 111 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 93.8 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 107 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.8% 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)	61.2% Good	MC Read 28 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 28.7 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12.2 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 174 23% 174 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61.2% 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