MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.3% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '21 at 19:30
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 653 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 892 55% 892 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8681) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 116 Parallax 132 107% 126 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 127 Splatting 108 110% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 122 53 54 53 53 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 499 Write 135 Mixed 399 SusWrite 81.9 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 42 142% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 245 205% 296 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 91%
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 224GB free Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1023 489 489 492 490 490 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,796 Write 1,764 Mixed 1356 SusWrite 579 308% 1,374 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 52 215% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 549 DQ Write 473 DQ Mixed 426 343% 483 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 311%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 70GB free Firmware: HP63 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 66 66 66 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 72.5 Write 60.1 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 64.7 46% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 68%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: MN6OA5Q0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 110 114 114 115 114 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 114 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GB-$85 17,829 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 46.9 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 35.9 115% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.3 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 28.5 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%

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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	1,750x
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	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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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