MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.7% 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	337% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '20 at 17:34
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 80.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 740 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 886 55% 886 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C726) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (60 fps cap detected)	48.7% Average	Lighting 59.7 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 59.7 49% 59.7 fps	MRender 59.7 Gravity 59.8 Splatting 59.7 49% 59.7 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 668GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2218 2214 1521 1481 1541 1524 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	337% Outstanding	Read 2,590 Write 2,419 Mixed 1,923 SusWrite 1750 487% 2,170 MB/s	4K Read 63.7 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 83.2 275% 94 MB/s	DQ Read 1,028 DQ Write 835 DQ Mixed 938 701% 934 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 337% Great: 410%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 326GB free Firmware: SBFKB1H5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 255 257 258 255 252 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 357 Write 288 Mixed 351 SusWrite 270 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 38.4 139% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 191 173% 260 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 102%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AHG SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 75.7 Write 78.3 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 78.7 50% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 3,253 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 31.5 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 26.9 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 131%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	434x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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