MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.2% 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	314% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

21 days ago, 21 days ago, 9 days ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '22 at 22:24
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 5800X-$296 231,691 User benchmarks, average bench 100% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 82.2 1-Core 167 2-Core 335 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 621 8-Core 1,154 110% 888 Pts	64-Core 1,711 115% 1,711 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$330 157,738 User benchmarks, average bench 98% EVGA(3842 3656) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.2% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 116 Parallax 123 105% 123 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 104 Splatting 89.7 88% 112 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$71 404,348 User benchmarks, average bench 292% 292GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1008 821 818 813 794 792 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	314% Outstanding	Read 2,707 Write 2,499 Mixed 1,869 SusWrite 841 442% 1,979 MB/s	4K Read 71.2 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 98.2 330% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 1,302 DQ Write 1,033 DQ Mixed 1,151 866% 1,162 MB/s
Poor: 216% ↑ This bench: 314% Great: 347%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$110 31,888 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 306GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 493 495 496 496 494 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 495 Mixed 462 SusWrite 488 111% 491 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 68.5 227% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 371 279% 372 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 138%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 565,953 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 699GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 161 181 180 189 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 151 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 177 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$72 576,174 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 25.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 26.3 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 104%

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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	9	7	144	23.8"	1280 720	AUS2421 ASUS VG249

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $213Bench 76%, 754,540 samples	9,277x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $189Bench 82%, 1,123,668 samples	6,158x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $350Bench 80%, 543,533 samples	4,696x

GPU
RX 580AMD $260Bench 55%, 787,457 samples	3,114x
RTX 2060Nvidia $390Bench 89%, 574,087 samples	2,813x
RX 5700-XTAMD $410Bench 105%, 378,316 samples	2,324x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 106%, 758,178 samples	2,334x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 113%, 551,205 samples	1,321x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $85Bench 189%, 171,492 samples	1,114x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $72Bench 82%, 576,174 samples	3,908x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 576,559 samples	2,248x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $64Bench 85%, 269,535 samples	1,457x

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Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
Intel Core i7-12700K $350	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16