MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.6% 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	60.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210930
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '23 at 16:54
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$320 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 75.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 202 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 675 64% 532 Pts	64-Core 1,014 63% 1,014 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$280 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.18 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 99.6 Parallax 80.7 82% 93.8 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 77.1 72% 88.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$15 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 2.6 35 52 51 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 378 Write 108 Mixed 282 SusWrite 57.5 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 22.7 105% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 136 131% 201 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$41 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 106 106 102 103 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 147 Write 150 Mixed 76.4 SusWrite 103 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$43 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.9% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 26.1 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 89.5 45% 89.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.9% 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 34: 0P 1R 6G 11B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
34%	45%	40	214	59	120	27"	1920 1080	MSI3FA6 MSI MAG271C

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 63%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $193Bench 73%, 446,215 samples	1,413x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $114Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	917x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $255Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	697x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $225Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	464x
RX 580AMD $189Bench 52%, 861,249 samples	387x
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	278x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	355x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $138Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	246x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $53Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	193x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	557x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	339x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $43Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	206x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $666

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Crucial MX500 250GB $31
Intel Core i5-12600K $194	Nvidia RTX 3060 $365	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $155	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $830	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16