MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '21 at 11:11
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X-$151 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 79.8 1-Core 155 2-Core 305 96% 180 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 844 85% 692 Pts	64-Core 1,109 69% 1,109 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 7520) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 117 Parallax 111 96% 115 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 109 Splatting 89.3 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X01c45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 38 40 61 95 106 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 404 Write 105 Mixed 141 SusWrite 68.7 39% 180 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 34.4 120% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 31.4 DQ Mixed 18.1 30% 62.1 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 88%
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 7GB free Firmware: UE5100RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 449 Write 278 Mixed 257 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 19.5 84% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 94.5 DQ Mixed 42.4 49% 85.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 55%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 48GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 324 321 309 270 256 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 482 Mixed 443 SusWrite 315 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 64.1 214% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 319 237% 312 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 129%
BUFFALO HD-PCTU3 500GB 583 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 5GB free, PID 01de Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 39.4 Write 38.2 Mixed 33.1 SusWrite 40.1 51% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown D4H8GL26A8TS5 2x8GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 34 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 30.2 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 26.7 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 30.4 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 80.9 50% 80.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 6: 0R 1G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
6%	7%	54	3	1	60	23.6"	1920 1080	MSI1462 Optix G241VC

History: Score 40: 5R 3G 6B | Score 6: 0R 1G 3B

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,294 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 $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 $274	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 $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