MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	35 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '19 at 03:37
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 73.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 211 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 775 75% 615 Pts	64-Core 1,187 74% 1,187 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 116 Parallax 129 101% 123 fps	MRender 167 Gravity 121 Splatting 98.1 102% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 873GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 371 437 451 416 399 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 444 Mixed 415 SusWrite 404 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 45.8 151% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 259 198% 265 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 123%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 232GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 398 449 296 297 296 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 469 Mixed 461 SusWrite 352 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 52.9 177% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 245 220% 333 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 128%
Sandisk Extreme SSD 500GB 4,692 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 25GB free Firmware: 1012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 319 379 390 391 388 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 396 Write 379 Mixed 291 SusWrite 362 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 27.5 91% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 63.6 72% 121 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 83%
Seagate ST32000540AS 2TB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1TB free Firmware: CC83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 77 70 116 115 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 46.5 Write 58 Mixed 20 SusWrite 91.8 39% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 56% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 76%
Seagate ST32000540AS 2TB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 131 130 128 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 111 Write 106 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 129 66% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 74% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 76%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 895GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 126 125 125 125 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 84 Write 125 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 124 71% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 211% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C16-16GVRB F4-3000C16-8GISB F4-3000C16-16GVRB 40GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 93.3 43% 93.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 74%

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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	339x

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	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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