MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.6% 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	282% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (88%). 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '20 at 20:57
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	88%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 80.6 1-Core 150 2-Core 297 95% 176 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 939 90% 741 Pts	64-Core 1,417 88% 1,417 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 869D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 99.5 Parallax 108 86% 104 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 90.7 Splatting 73.1 78% 99.4 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 960GB 7,756 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 98GB free Firmware: P180 SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 455 477 476 489 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 469 Mixed 480 SusWrite 475 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 81.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 84.9 290% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 366 276% 368 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 100%
Adata SU650 960GB 7,756 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 249GB free Firmware: P180 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 159 106 74 92 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 487 Mixed 409 SusWrite 106 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 50.2 173% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 310 232% 307 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 100%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1144 697 909 990 229 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,867 Write 1,462 Mixed 1,338 SusWrite 690 351% 1,589 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 78.7 269% 96.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,182 DQ Write 685 DQ Mixed 997 725% 955 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 309%
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 85GB free Firmware: UF36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 146 157 156 159 158 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 454 Write 247 Mixed 326 SusWrite 156 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 19 76% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 89.1 DQ Mixed 43.6 49% 83.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 56%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 11GB free, PID 0221 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 4.4 8.4 7.2 8.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.11% Terrible	Read 25.6 Write 27 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 7.3 22% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.11% Great: 7%
Generic Mass-Storage 4GB 660 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 5 4.9 5 4.8 5 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	2.6% Terrible	Read 5.5 Write 3.7 Mixed 2 SusWrite 4.9 5% 4.03 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.6% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 36.9 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.9 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 36.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 114%

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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 $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 $133	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