MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.4% 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	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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '21 at 21:42
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 71.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 211 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 580 57% 464 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Lighting 20.4 Reflection 17.8 Parallax 20.2 17% 19.5 fps	MRender 24.2 Gravity 22.2 Splatting 16.3 17% 20.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 414 415 413 420 257 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 392 Mixed 409 SusWrite 389 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 38.4 130% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 273 229% 332 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 123%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 372GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 288 283 282 281 283 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 440 Write 281 Mixed 270 SusWrite 283 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 30.8 113% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 240 203% 297 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 27 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 98.7 40% 98.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 88%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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