MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.9% 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	57.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '19 at 21:36
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 74.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 219 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 698 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 1,128 70% 1,128 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 66.6 Parallax 64.4 54% 66 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 52.7 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 152 150 160 157 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 371 Write 163 Mixed 205 SusWrite 155 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 15.3 99% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 97.6 DQ Mixed 29.2 43% 81.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 70%
Colorful SL500 256GB 1,071 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 69GB free Firmware: V8301c26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 376 384 385 280 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76% Very good	Read 372 Write 359 Mixed 286 SusWrite 309 75% 331 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 31.5 110% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 184 138% 182 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 92%
WD WD2500YS-18SHB1 250GB 652 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 150GB free Firmware: 20.06C06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 33 37 35 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 24.7 Write 41.3 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 35.2 23% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 36%
Kingston DataTraveler 101 G2 USB 2.0 16GB-$8 3,010 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 5GB free, PID 1642 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 5.7 5.6 4.8 4.9 5.3 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	4.99% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 14.7 Mixed 19 SusWrite 5.2 19% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.99% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 1x8GB 4,974 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.6% Below average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 13.1 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.5 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 92.2 43% 92.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 57%

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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%

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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 $140Bench 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	234x

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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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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