MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210930
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '23 at 21:42
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X-$260 60,132 User benchmarks, average bench 99% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 73 1-Core 168 2-Core 312 98% 184 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 1,099 101% 847 Pts	64-Core 2,029 126% 2,029 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2313) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.11.1 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 166 Parallax 177 86% 149 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 110 Splatting 83.2 78% 97.5 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$30 11,181 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 673 Write 553 Mixed 236 107% 487 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 44.7 156% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 465 DQ Write 523 DQ Mixed 231 247% 406 MB/s
Poor: 67% Great: 223%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 292GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 105 117 125 125 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 170 Write 176 Mixed 98.7 SusWrite 113 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 25.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 26.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 94.1 42% 94.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 45: 0P 3R 7G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
45%	19%	101	218	59	144	24"	1920 1017	BNQ7F33 ZOWIE XL LCD

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,334 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,754x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $89Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,093x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	863x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	342x

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	661x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: $689

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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