MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.2% 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	201% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '21 at 20:32
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 810 79% 650 Pts	64-Core 1,017 63% 1,017 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 21.8.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 130 Parallax 172 98% 140 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 118 Splatting 85.7 82% 102 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 923 433 434 435 437 437 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1584 Write 1587 Mixed 1,259 SusWrite 516 277% 1,237 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 68 231% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 982 DQ Write 590 DQ Mixed 807 595% 793 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 237%
Kingdian S400 120GB 1,721 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 111GB free Firmware: S0330B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 32 27 33 32 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 300 Write 248 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 58.4 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 1.1 57% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 59.4 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 1.5 25% 58.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 191 195 207 198 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 125 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 196 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 90% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 106%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 701GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 95 95 96 95 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 92.6 Write 63.6 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 94.5 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 59%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB-$59 5,970 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 80GB free Firmware: GM3OA5BA SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 53 54 57 71 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 56 Write 52.6 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 58.5 37% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4B.8FE 2x8GB 3,575 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 45.6 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 35.6 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 27.2 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 31.3 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%

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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	60	34"	1280 720	XMI3444 Mi Monitor

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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 $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