MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	22.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '23 at 17:12
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 67.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 217 72% 132 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 639 64% 522 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650-$155 259,091 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Asus(1043 8772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 528.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19.1% Very poor	Lighting 25.6 Reflection 1.6 Parallax 20.6 21% 15.9 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 23.5 Splatting 20 16% 18.7 fps
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 46%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG4500RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 438 Write 351 Mixed 155 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 17.3 69% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 86.8 DQ Mixed 41.6 47% 80.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 311GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 149 151 147 147 148 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 161 Write 156 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 149 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	68.1% Good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 19.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 17.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 100%

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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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,091x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	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