MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	88.7% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '21 at 17:23
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 941 85% 716 Pts	64-Core 1,353 84% 1,353 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$279 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 125 Parallax 130 109% 130 fps	MRender 145 Gravity 108 Splatting 92.7 92% 115 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GB 43,498 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 404 421 401 217 256 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 398 Write 286 Mixed 299 SusWrite 332 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 45.9 136% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 146 127% 188 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 114%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$107 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 912GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 479 480 480 483 473 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 485 Mixed 436 SusWrite 470 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 45.5 149% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3GB free Firmware: CC43 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 115 Write 114 Mixed 73.2 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 26GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 139 146 123 145 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 77.5 Write 92.1 Mixed 56.4 SusWrite 140 67% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 74% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 106%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 280GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 131 130 131 130 129 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 100 Write 106 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 129 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.8% 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 clocked @ 3133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 31.2 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 28.4 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 28.7 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 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	357	299	60	48.5"	1536 864	SAM0A7D SAMSUNG

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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 $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	234x

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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