MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	57.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 10 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190705
Uptime	9.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '23 at 08:12
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$140 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 74.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 642 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 877 54% 877 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$271 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 102 Parallax 105 86% 104 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 92 80% 99.9 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV5002 240GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 124 39 38 88 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 445 Write 413 Mixed 320 SusWrite 91.3 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 26.4 89% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 91.7 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 91 81% 120 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 929GB free Firmware: 02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 154 138 151 163 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 178 Mixed 68.9 SusWrite 152 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 251% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.1% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 26.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 23.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 90.7 44% 90.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 104%

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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 $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,762x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $78Bench 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 $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	665x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369