MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	123% 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	95.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

2 days ago, 2 days ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '23 at 22:50
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$143 446,215 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 81.9 2-Core 158 64% 108 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 381 42% 334 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 27,382 User benchmarks, average bench 122% ASRock(1849 5210) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 23.4.2 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 138 Parallax 299 111% 191 fps	MRender 243 Gravity 151 Splatting 207 164% 200 fps
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 127%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 463 432 468 427 325 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 479 Mixed 327 SusWrite 424 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 34.1 120% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 280 233% 334 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$37 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 58GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 82 81 79 78 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 79.1 Write 78.9 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 80.2 54% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 744GB free Firmware: GKAOA9DA SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 83 81 82 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 73.5 Write 85.6 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 81.7 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 4x4GB 4,177 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 34.8 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.1 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 28.6 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 59: 0P 5R 9G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
59%	21%	98	198	19	72	27"	1920 1009	SAM0D32 C27F390

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 6,599 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 63%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $143Bench 73%, 446,215 samples	1,583x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $93Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,015x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $220Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	783x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $279Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	517x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	426x
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	307x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $50Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	401x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	275x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $48Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	215x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	608x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	385x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	224x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $645

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $310	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $215	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $397	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i5-12400F $140	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $56	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16