MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	22.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '20 at 08:33
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	93%

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PC Performing way below expectations (10^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 197 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 660 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 890 55% 890 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% HP(103C 82FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.98 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 132 Reflection 146 Parallax 138 108% 139 fps	MRender 57.3 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 60.3 52% 63.4 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBUSNS8154P3256GJ1 256GB 13,793 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK12.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 383 Write 593 Mixed 579 117% 518 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 31.2 113% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 568 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 300 271% 416 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 136%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 125GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 351 382 367 389 368 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 345 Write 317 Mixed 346 SusWrite 368 78% 344 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 36.5 114% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 363 267% 351 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 2x16GB 9,340 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	66.6% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 22.6 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 125%

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

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,290 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $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 $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 $40	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