MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	173% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	36.5 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '21 at 23:25
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 202 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 636 63% 515 Pts	64-Core 1,000 62% 1,000 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PowerColor(148C 2378) CLim: 1380 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.2.3 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.9% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 63.8 Parallax 90.1 55% 73.8 fps	MRender 65.1 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 47 49% 61.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 56%

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% 696GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 850 849 950 963 758 917 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,005 Write 674 Mixed 669 SusWrite 881 181% 807 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 53.8 157% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 814 DQ Write 488 DQ Mixed 492 409% 598 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 347%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 116GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 467 415 429 420 418 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 460 Mixed 390 SusWrite 433 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 46.2 153% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 368 277% 370 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
WD WD100EMAZ-00WJTA0 10TB 2,620 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 812GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 169 167 165 161 162 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 170 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 164 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 292% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 113%
WD WD120EMFZ-11A6JA0 12TB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 117 118 115 119 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 116 Write 128 Mixed 96 SusWrite 119 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 2.5 575% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 115%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 242GB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 24 22 22 23 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	8.86% Terrible	Read 15.9 Write 30.3 Mixed 18.2 SusWrite 22.8 31% 21.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 24% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 8.86% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2OZ F4-3000C16-16GTRS DDR4 3200 2OZ F4-3000C16-16GTRS 48GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 30.6 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

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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	7	5	144	23.8"	1280 720	AUS24AF ASUS VP249

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,290 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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	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: 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 $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