MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	88% 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	9.09% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	19.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '21 at 01:32
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 74.4 1-Core 98 2-Core 183 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 582 55% 455 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 122 Parallax 104 89% 112 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 91.8 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 1.3 48 70 13 6.2 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	9.09% Terrible	Read 97.2 Write 84.4 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 30 12% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.9 12% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 9.09% Great: 56%
Toshiba MG03ACA400 4TB 722 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 24 40 40 40 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 41 Write 38.7 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 35.8 28% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 33.8 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 91.6 44% 91.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 114%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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