MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	59.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	174% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '22 at 18:07
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	56%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 73.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 208 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 480 48% 390 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.2 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	59.2% Above average	Lighting 74.4 Reflection 66 Parallax 103 61% 81.1 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 87.3 Splatting 53.7 56% 70.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 923 516 509 542 544 505 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,480 Write 1,634 Mixed 1,307 SusWrite 590 281% 1,253 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43.6 166% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 783 DQ Write 493 DQ Mixed 626 470% 634 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 297%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 75GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 68 40 28 24 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 352 Write 397 Mixed 382 SusWrite 85.2 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 47 144% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 346 265% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 441GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 103 105 105 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 97.1 Mixed 70 SusWrite 104 67% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 290GB free Firmware: 0401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 31 41 41 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 40.5 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 39.1 28% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 41%
Generic Mass-Storage 125GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 115GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 18.9 Write 18.2 Mixed 18.1 SusWrite 18.8 25% 18.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 3 243% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 26.1 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 22.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 93.1 43% 93.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 103%

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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 $295	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