MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '21 at 15:53
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 2600X-$175 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 236 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 656 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 901 56% 901 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.6% Very good	Lighting 93.1 Reflection 98.9 Parallax 93.8 76% 95.3 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 90.1 Splatting 87.9 72% 88.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 297 296 292 288 277 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 468 Mixed 391 SusWrite 304 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 51.1 169% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 365 276% 370 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 209GB free Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 460 465 433 382 382 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 471 Mixed 426 SusWrite 426 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 58 189% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 304 227% 301 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GTZR F4-2666C18-8GTZR F4-3200C16-8GTZR F4-2666C18-8GTZR 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 34.6 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 28 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 30.5 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

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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 $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,763x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $78Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,098x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	869x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	563x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	476x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	345x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	441x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	665x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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