MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.12% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '19 at 00:10
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$125 179,588 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 (98^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 79.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 685 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 946 59% 946 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 304A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.12% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 1.73 Parallax 1.59 1% 1.56 fps	MRender 1.67 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.57 1% 1.36 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.12% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 388 386 390 390 386 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 504 Write 464 Mixed 332 SusWrite 388 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 31 105% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 275 213% 290 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 119%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 83 80 81 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 160 Write 103 Mixed 126 SusWrite 82.8 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 28.1 105% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 95.4 76% 106 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 73%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 39GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 204 204 204 204 203 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 501 Write 194 Mixed 182 SusWrite 204 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 12.9 89% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 76.3 86% 146 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 78%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 573GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 107 109 110 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 111 Write 109 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 110 73% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 62%
Verbatim STORE N GO 16GB 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	9.98% Terrible	Read 5.5 Write 5.3 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 5.6 8% 5.47 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 2.8 188% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 9.98% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 28.4 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 27.8 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 96%

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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%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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