MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	97.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.6% 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	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.

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Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 12 '21 at 17:05
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.65 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 74.3 1-Core 75.5 2-Core 195 64% 115 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 585 57% 465 Pts	64-Core 1,118 69% 1,118 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.3% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 103 Parallax 121 98% 115 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 113 Splatting 101 95% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TEAML5Lite3D120G 120GB 2,389 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 174 126 106 97 100 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 494 Write 394 Mixed 394 SusWrite 132 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 44.5 150% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 124 140% 236 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 110%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 750GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 443 319 288 456 466 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 405 Write 450 Mixed 393 SusWrite 381 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 34.5 130% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 370 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMW16GX4M2E3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMW16GX4M2E3200C16 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 11.2 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 6.5 17% 6.03 GB/s	Latency 91.9 44% 91.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 90%

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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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	860x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16