MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	29.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	34.6 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '22 at 01:03
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing way below expectations (11^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 3600X-$190 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 61.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 77% 144 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 692 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 942 58% 942 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 100 51 4.7 103 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 326 Write 291 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 97.8 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 11.3 4K Mixed 0.9 30% 9.03 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 5.3 DQ Mixed 0.8 16% 42.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 66GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 159 171 164 143 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 120 Write 160 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 149 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 88% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 48GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 25.5 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 19.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 123 32% 123 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 104%

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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	1,760x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	665x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $24Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $666

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16