MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 23:49
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 66 1-Core 140 2-Core 253 82% 153 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 731 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 942 58% 942 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.9% Very good	Lighting 98.7 Reflection 100 Parallax 100 80% 99.7 fps	MRender 86.2 Gravity 88.4 Splatting 74 67% 82.9 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,225 Write 2,010 Mixed 1465 422% 1,900 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 73.2 240% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1001 DQ Write 1043 DQ Mixed 1,118 814% 1,054 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 883GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 184 185 188 187 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 114 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 185 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 1,257 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.8% Above average	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 24.3 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 18.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 113%

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

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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