MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	122% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210422
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '21 at 15:51
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3600-$88 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 86.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 855 84% 685 Pts	64-Core 1,067 66% 1,067 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF8) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 173 Parallax 132 115% 148 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 118 Splatting 106 108% 136 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP300 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$120 3,686 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 495 262 264 230 260 249 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 675 Write 853 Mixed 780 SusWrite 293 147% 650 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 48.1 158% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 694 DQ Write 539 DQ Mixed 567 438% 600 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 143%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 171GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 471 480 482 473 457 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 468 Mixed 310 SusWrite 472 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 48.8 170% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 226 206% 315 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 36.2 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 34.9 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 122%

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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	10	8	280	24.5"	1280 720	AUS25A9 VG259QM

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,754x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,094x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	863x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	343x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	303x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	662x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $689

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16