MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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	72.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (34%). 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, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '20 at 22:31
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 216 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 700 64% 537 Pts	64-Core 1,154 71% 1,154 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.4% Very good	Lighting 92.1 Reflection 85 Parallax 77.6 75% 84.9 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 82.6 Splatting 73 67% 83.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 231 234 224 227 219 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 424 Write 239 Mixed 234 SusWrite 228 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 31.2 116% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 219 180% 258 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 129%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 266GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 144 148 145 140 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 127 Write 170 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 145 84% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 338% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 30.7 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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 $134	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