MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.4% 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	31.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	53.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '20 at 02:17
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	64% Good	Memory 68.6 1-Core 83.9 2-Core 167 61% 107 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 620 56% 470 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2067) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 92.7 Parallax 99.4 81% 97.2 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 88.4 82% 102 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900812 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 98 64 63 51 52 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.4% Below average	Read 67.9 Write 67.9 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 65.6 13% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 22.1 66% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 70.3 DQ Write 90.2 DQ Mixed 9.9 27% 56.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 91%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 80GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 318 315 312 315 314 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 384 Mixed 424 SusWrite 329 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 45.1 148% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 369 279% 374 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 192 196 193 195 200 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 124 Write 157 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 194 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 93% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M4C3200C16 4x16GB 5,167 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 24.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 129%

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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	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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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