MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.4% 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	116% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (54%). 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	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '18 at 17:19
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 83 1-Core 117 2-Core 230 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 719 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 926 57% 926 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 70.3 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 62.9 57% 67.7 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 64.5 Splatting 55.8 52% 64.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 291 292 292 293 293 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 486 Mixed 394 SusWrite 310 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 57.4 193% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 365 276% 370 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 455GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 483 485 485 414 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 486 Mixed 460 SusWrite 440 107% 473 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 56.8 190% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%
Hitachi HUA722010CLA330 1TB-$38 10,195 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 683GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 125 126 127 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 126 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 76%
WD WD1000FYPS-01ZKB0 1TB 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 852GB free Firmware: 02.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 75 75 74 76 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 77.5 Write 75.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 74 51% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 155 154 160 157 161 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 92.3 Write 139 Mixed 51 SusWrite 157 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 0.7 230% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47 29,751 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 31.6 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.1 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 98%

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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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16