MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	84.8% 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	36.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '20 at 05:32
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing way below expectations (15^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Memory 32.4 1-Core 64.7 2-Core 145 42% 80.8 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 308 36% 279 Pts	64-Core 315 20% 315 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2183) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 85.1 Reflection 94.5 Parallax 150 69% 110 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 147 Splatting 111 115% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 2,712 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 174 288 298 340 358 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.3% Below average	Read 70.7 Write 199 Mixed 157 SusWrite 268 40% 174 MB/s	4K Read 8.8 4K Write 11.6 4K Mixed 3.6 24% 8 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 177 147% 213 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 114%
WD WD10EVDS-63N5B1 1TB 3,131 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 84GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 56 57 58 59 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 62.3 Write 73.2 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 56.8 42% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.3 64% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 57%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 789GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 102 102 106 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 62.2 Write 83.8 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 98.1 53% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.8 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 241 17% 241 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 102%

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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 $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	435x
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 $45Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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