MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90% 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210203
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '21 at 12:53
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 3700X-$190 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 84.5 1-Core 154 2-Core 292 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 1,057 96% 806 Pts	64-Core 1,460 90% 1,460 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 128 Parallax 174 94% 139 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 118 Splatting 86.1 83% 103 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 137 Write 1,888 Mixed 91.1 162% 705 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 6.2 78% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 391 238% 260 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 305%
P3-128 127GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 7GB free Firmware: Q0407A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 452 Write 134 Mixed 170 55% 252 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 12.2 102% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 60.8 74% 129 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 65%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$129 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 24GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 513 Write 490 Mixed 393 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 51.4 183% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 362 274% 369 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$97 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 95GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 98 100 100 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 85.9 Write 98.1 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 97.9 55% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 3533, 3533, 3533, 3533 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 39.6 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 28.4 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 40.8 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 99%

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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	144	27"	1280 720	SAM102E LS27R75

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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 $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,759x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,098x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	868x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	476x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	345x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	665x
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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Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $27	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