MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '23 at 01:42
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X-$375 197,342 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 85.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 1,024 93% 783 Pts	64-Core 2,129 132% 2,129 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$450 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 146 Parallax 118 100% 129 fps	MRender 158 Gravity 121 Splatting 99.6 100% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$89 443,394 User benchmarks, average bench 332% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 2,458 Write 2,476 Mixed 1,758 497% 2,231 MB/s	4K Read 64.9 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 93.3 314% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,360 DQ Write 1,095 DQ Mixed 1,167 890% 1,207 MB/s
Poor: 232% Great: 410%
Kingston A400 480GB-$28 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 326GB free Firmware: SBFKB1C2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 191 187 236 194 196 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.1% Below average	Read 155 Write 95.1 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 208 30% 133 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 16.7 4K Mixed 12 44% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 14.7 DQ Write 15.9 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$80 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 411GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 119 121 119 120 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 185 Write 158 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 118 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GB 32,213 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 48.3 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 42.8 126% 44.1 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 38 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 125%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 54: 5R 7G 8B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
54%	48%	42	174	6	240	27"	1920 1080	ACR073E XB273 X

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 63%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $193Bench 73%, 446,215 samples	1,344x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $109Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	872x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $255Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	661x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $225Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	443x
RX 580AMD $150Bench 52%, 861,249 samples	372x
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	259x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	336x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	231x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	525x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $49Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	320x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $50Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	197x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $673

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $310	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $460	Crucial MX500 250GB $34
Intel Core i3-12100F $98	Nvidia RTX 3070 $568	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $164	Nvidia RTX 3050 $298	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $50	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $49	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $417	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16