MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	17.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '19 at 05:07
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 74.3 1-Core 92.8 2-Core 187 67% 118 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 637 60% 496 Pts	64-Core 936 58% 936 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8240G 240GB 27,523 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 56 89 54 6.8 20 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	17.5% Very poor	Read 82 Write 75.7 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 45.1 13% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 18 4K Mixed 12.9 27% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 40.1 DQ Write 55.9 DQ Mixed 40.1 32% 45.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 91%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 102GB free Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 369 354 382 423 408 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 409 Write 396 Mixed 349 SusWrite 385 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 29.1 98% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 299 221% 290 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 126%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 448GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 74 45 83 71 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 2 Write 8.7 Mixed 1.3 SusWrite 68.4 14% 20.1 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 29.8 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 91.9 44% 91.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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 $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 $184	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