MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	100% 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	101% 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '21 at 18:21
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 81.7 2-Core 168 64% 110 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 526 51% 421 Pts	64-Core 817 51% 817 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Zotac(19DA 6630) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 171 Parallax 86.1 117% 134 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 65.3 69% 87.2 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$32 12,447 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0802B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 231 95 38 100 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 1,240 Write 215 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 162 91% 425 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 32.2 4K Mixed 22.7 92% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 396 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 25.7 93% 210 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 228%
Liteonit LCS-512M6S 2.5 7mm 512GB 1,038 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 409GB free Firmware: DC9110E SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 338 360 364 335 365 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	78% Very good	Read 393 Write 337 Mixed 269 SusWrite 350 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 24.4 86% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 187 178% 278 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 102%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 456GB free Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 93 92 95 92 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 92 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 65%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 371GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 165 168 168 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 180 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 167 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 153 154 156 156 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 162 Mixed 84 SusWrite 154 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 29.1 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 21.6 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 106%

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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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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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16