MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.1% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '21 at 06:08
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 916 84% 705 Pts	64-Core 1,364 84% 1,364 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$279 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4073) ≥ 4GB; gigabye vision 12gb RTX 3060 CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 123 Parallax 130 114% 131 fps	MRender 147 Gravity 107 Splatting 92.8 92% 116 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GB 43,498 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 182 111 120 126 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 403 Mixed 320 SusWrite 137 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 52.5 182% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 227 190% 275 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 86GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 132 131 134 134 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 64.4 SusWrite 131 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 91GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 99 104 105 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 159 Write 100 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 103 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 74% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 106%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 170GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 129 127 128 130 130 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 126 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 6,868 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 32 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 27.6 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 28.6 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 103%

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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	9	7	60	48.5"	1280 720	SAM0A7D SAMSUNG

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Gaming 70%

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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	233x

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 $300	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