MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	39.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '20 at 23:41
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way below expectations (8^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 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 68.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 205 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 612 58% 480 Pts	64-Core 1,000 62% 1,000 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 22F7) CLim: 1244 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.4.1 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.3% Below average	Lighting 46.7 Reflection 53.7 Parallax 59.7 38% 53.4 fps	MRender 57.4 Gravity 48.7 Splatting 48.3 42% 51.5 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 311 249 199 176 168 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 380 Write 323 Mixed 284 SusWrite 242 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 25 90% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 259 215% 311 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 133%
ST4000NM002A-2HZ101 4TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 3TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 228 226 227 229 228 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.9% Below average	Read 226 Write 203 Mixed 119 SusWrite 227 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 13.6 4K Mixed 1.7 43% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 4 DQ Write 8.9 DQ Mixed 1.7 3% 4.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 63%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.6% Above average	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 21.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 17.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.6% 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%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,748x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,086x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	558x
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 $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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