MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.5% 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	86.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (82%). 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 04:44
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	82%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 832 80% 657 Pts	64-Core 1,362 84% 1,362 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2062) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 92.8 Reflection 135 Parallax 83.3 76% 104 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 100 Splatting 91.6 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 232 232 227 228 228 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 474 Write 297 Mixed 249 SusWrite 235 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 37.3 123% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 244 203% 297 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 128%
Plextor PX-1TM9PeY 1TB 410 User benchmarks, average bench 207% 412GB free Firmware: 1.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1012 795 683 819 832 818 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,129 Write 1,250 Mixed 988 SusWrite 826 236% 1,049 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 67.7 225% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 963 DQ Write 836 DQ Mixed 896 672% 898 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 267%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 24,517 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 31.3 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 105%

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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%

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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