MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.3% 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	137% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '19 at 19:30
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 215 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 734 70% 581 Pts	64-Core 1,192 74% 1,192 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.3% Above average	Lighting 64.8 Reflection 71.1 Parallax 79.2 53% 71.7 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 57.1 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$39 1,967 User benchmarks, average bench 132% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 135 135 135 136 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 1,102 Write 605 Mixed 567 SusWrite 146 134% 605 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 67.7 238% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 416 DQ Write 35.1 DQ Mixed 331 215% 261 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 165%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 718GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 94 24 12 86 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 456 Write 385 Mixed 253 SusWrite 60.8 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 4.4 22% 5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 58%
Adata SU635 240GB-$20 12,702 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 158GB free Firmware: R1210A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 398 171 56 6.4 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 512 Write 402 Mixed 346 SusWrite 181 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 25.7 130% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 79 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 36.9 77% 148 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (84^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	97% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 33.3 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 80.9 50% 80.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97% 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 $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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Value: 72% - Very good

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