MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.6% 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	71.6% 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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '20 at 19:02
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 80.7 2-Core 159 64% 107 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 684 60% 508 Pts	64-Core 936 58% 936 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 119 Parallax 120 98% 120 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 100 Splatting 85.1 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB 24,830 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 315 299 233 222 254 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 456 Write 435 Mixed 349 SusWrite 270 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 27.5 86% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 282 197% 244 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 119%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 143GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 87 90 90 90 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 79 Write 75.5 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 88.9 54% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 2627 4TB 4,475 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free, PID 2627 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 67 66 68 67 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 52.5 Write 52.7 Mixed 36 SusWrite 65.9 71% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 85% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 64%

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 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 32.7 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 23.2 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 104%

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

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,748x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,086x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	558x
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 $41Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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