MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '21 at 04:46
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 80 1-Core 122 2-Core 241 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 761 73% 601 Pts	64-Core 981 61% 981 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 96.8 Reflection 91.7 Parallax 87.2 79% 91.9 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 90 Splatting 76.3 70% 87.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 49.9 Write 215 Mixed 17.7 21% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 11 32% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 31.3 DQ Mixed 7.9 12% 23 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 95%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 81GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 400 419 423 422 417 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 451 Mixed 294 SusWrite 415 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 30.2 126% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 279 205% 274 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 149GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 85 82 87 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 165 Write 135 Mixed 100 SusWrite 84.7 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Portable 2TB 11,289 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 299GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 87 108 100 110 102 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 76.7 Write 85.9 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 102 62% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2666C19-8GVR F4-2400C17-8GVR F4-2666C19-8GVR F4-2400C17-8GVR 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 32.8 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 27.8 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 30.8 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 80.5 50% 80.5 ns
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	7	5	60	21.7"	1280 720	GSM5B44 MP59HT

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,284 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 $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