MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.5% 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	99.6% 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.

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Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '21 at 18:51
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (88^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 75.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 219 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 668 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 919 57% 919 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.2% 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: 461.72 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Lighting 20.2 Reflection 24.8 Parallax 19.5 16% 21.5 fps	MRender 24.4 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 16.1 16% 20.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 426 421 428 431 436 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 429 Mixed 421 SusWrite 423 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 36.5 126% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 267 222% 318 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 123%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 119GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 452 443 357 267 267 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 470 Mixed 442 SusWrite 372 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 44.9 150% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 362 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 105% 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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 28.5 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 89.6 45% 89.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.2% 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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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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