MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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	88.7% 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	86.6% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '21 at 22:57
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 222 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 714 69% 567 Pts	64-Core 888 55% 888 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 104 Parallax 107 90% 107 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 91.2 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS250G2B0B 250GB 4,264 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 216 220 219 216 213 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 454 Write 405 Mixed 240 SusWrite 217 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 41.5 138% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 149 146% 234 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 104%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 60GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 153 101 96 90 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 454 Write 219 Mixed 318 SusWrite 142 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 30.6 117% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 67.5 DQ Mixed 103 91% 143 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 849GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 198 198 196 199 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 163 Mixed 80 SusWrite 196 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 32.1 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 27.3 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 102%

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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 $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
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	435x
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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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