MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (16%). 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	16.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '21 at 03:49
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 73 1-Core 121 2-Core 231 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 680 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 987 61% 987 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1161) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.6% Good	Lighting 91.1 Reflection 88.9 Parallax 76.6 74% 85.5 fps	MRender 62.4 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 69.8 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GB 43,498 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 172 228 258 249 234 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	80% Very good	Read 303 Write 278 Mixed 297 SusWrite 230 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 42.2 129% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 176 164% 254 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 199 200 196 200 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 170 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 198 119% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 3,362 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 28GB free, PID 00ee Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 18.2 Mixed 2.5 8% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 11%
USB Flash Memory 8GB 2,269 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 3.7 3.1 3.5 3.4 3.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	5.1% Terrible	Read 22.6 Write 21.2 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 3.4 22% 16.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.1% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GNT F4-3200C16-16GVK 24GB 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.9% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 21.8 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.7 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 94.6 42% 94.6 ns

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,091x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 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 $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $670

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16