MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '19 at 07:10
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 77.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 709 67% 556 Pts	64-Core 1,200 74% 1,200 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1637 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 91.2 Parallax 199 96% 136 fps	MRender 90.1 Gravity 141 Splatting 130 100% 120 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 447 454 438 396 395 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 453 Mixed 430 SusWrite 428 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 48.4 167% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 256 197% 267 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 9TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 165 144 114 165 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 18 Write 59.5 Mixed 23 SusWrite 143 44% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 32% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 111%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 101GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 66 69 70 69 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 52.7 Write 95.2 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 68.8 49% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 381GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 31 29 29 36 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 7.5 Write 38 Mixed 13 SusWrite 30.9 16% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 49% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 105%
Seagate Expansion Desk 6TB 6,833 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 5.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 182 188 188 185 186 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 17% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 4x8GB 5,022 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.9% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8.7 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 85.1 47% 85.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	338x

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	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 $177	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