MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	22.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '21 at 16:24
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 74.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 280 89% 166 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 813 81% 661 Pts	64-Core 998 62% 998 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 68.9 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 91.9 56% 75.7 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 49.1 50% 62.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 27 30 33 30 29 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	22.6% Poor	Read 125 Write 94 Mixed 83 SusWrite 48.9 20% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 20 4K Mixed 10.9 46% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 13.5 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 14.2 11% 14.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 42GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 107 116 107 103 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 120 Write 152 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 112 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.2 177% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.9% Good	MC Read 29 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 27.3 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 25.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 91 44% 91 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 111%

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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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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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	1,089x
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	339x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	436x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	234x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $737

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16