MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 174% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 202% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	198% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	239% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	May 14 '21 at 00:19
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X-$375 197,342 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 68.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 301 91% 173 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 1,123 103% 860 Pts	64-Core 2,128 132% 2,128 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,135 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Nvidia(10DE 147D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	198% Outstanding	Lighting 290 Reflection 261 Parallax 291 236% 280 fps	MRender 325 Gravity 241 Splatting 173 193% 246 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB 18,375 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 931 785 819 764 674 543 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,980 Write 1,995 Mixed 1,643 SusWrite 753 357% 1,593 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 65.8 229% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,219 DQ Write 727 DQ Mixed 930 704% 959 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 296%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 72GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 314 314 317 315 314 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 472 Mixed 449 SusWrite 317 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 49.9 169% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 371 280% 374 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 129%
WD My Book 25EE 6TB 6,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 160 157 159 160 157 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 165 Write 154 Mixed 129 SusWrite 157 204% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 137% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GB 9,006 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 25.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 24.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 128%

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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 $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	562x
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	440x
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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