MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	195% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	53.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '21 at 12:58
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 76.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 198 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 760 69% 581 Pts	64-Core 1,380 85% 1,380 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.6% Good	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 108 Parallax 69.3 68% 86.9 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 88.2 Splatting 73.9 69% 86.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1354 751 757 848 704 847 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1986 Write 1,724 Mixed 977 SusWrite 877 310% 1,391 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 41.9 138% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 804 DQ Write 51.5 DQ Mixed 101 156% 319 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 347%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 334GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 350 377 432 368 445 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 505 Write 437 Mixed 441 SusWrite 395 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 19.2 4K Mixed 35.7 113% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 62.3 DQ Mixed 133 121% 195 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 133%
WD My Book 25ED 10TB 297 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 397GB free, PID 25ed Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 145 144 162 137 165 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 158 Write 166 Mixed 95.8 SusWrite 151 192% 143 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 1.1 264% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$139 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 24.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 23.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 135%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 21: 3R 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
21%	12%	56	311	239	60	84.6"	1920 1080	SAM0F14 SAMSUNG

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,750x
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	434x
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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

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 $15	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