MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.1% 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (14%). 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '21 at 07:54
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 229 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 720 71% 579 Pts	64-Core 949 59% 949 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.6% 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: 1563 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Lighting 24.6 Reflection 21.9 Parallax 24.8 20% 23.8 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 26.2 Splatting 20 20% 25.4 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 449 450 453 453 453 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 429 Mixed 430 SusWrite 449 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 49 164% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 279 234% 340 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 136GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 349 321 321 319 323 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 477 Mixed 464 SusWrite 340 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 52.8 178% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 368 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 113% 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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 28.9 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.8 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.5% 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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,752x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,092x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	342x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $698

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16