MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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.
Boot Drive	39.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

10 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	51 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210930
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '23 at 20:56
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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-$180 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 71.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 263 85% 158 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 813 81% 662 Pts	64-Core 1,202 74% 1,202 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Gigabyte(1458 232E) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 124 Parallax 263 108% 173 fps	MRender 214 Gravity 142 Splatting 198 152% 185 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8120G 120GB 7,130 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 50 66 73 35 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 404 Write 246 Mixed 276 SusWrite 72.3 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 11.4 4K Mixed 4.5 55% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 14.3 DQ Mixed 25.3 32% 61.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 87%
Seagate ST5000NM ST5000NM0084-1HT 5TB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 375GB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 150 157 157 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 141 Write 144 Mixed 94.7 SusWrite 153 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 712GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 91 90 91 90 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 91.6 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 89.8 69% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 186% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 76%
Seagate ST5000NM ST5000NM0084-1HT 5TB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 330GB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 139 144 147 147 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 132 Write 138 Mixed 88.9 SusWrite 144 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 118%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 750GB free Firmware: SC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 130 129 130 129 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 139 Write 125 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 129 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 100%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 697GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 114 113 115 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 80.9 Write 44.5 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 114 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C16/16G KHX3200C16D4/16GX KHX2666C16/16G KHX3200C16D4/16GX 64GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 29 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 27.1 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 27.8 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 98.6 41% 98.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 115%

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,754x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,094x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	865x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	343x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	303x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	662x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16