MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	198% 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.

Very high background CPU (50%). 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '20 at 18:05
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

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 5 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 78.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 682 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 955 59% 955 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 894 430 377 373 356 277 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,577 Write 1,616 Mixed 1,301 SusWrite 451 277% 1,237 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 68.9 232% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 954 DQ Write 615 DQ Mixed 822 603% 797 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 237%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 237GB 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 91GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 123 182 178 247 185 MB/s Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	67.1% Good	Read 265 Write 108 Mixed 259 SusWrite 186 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 23.8 114% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 132 134% 211 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 348GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 119 117 118 119 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 117 Write 117 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 117 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 28.9 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 26.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

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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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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