MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	15.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '23 at 02:46
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 77.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 239 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 723 67% 559 Pts	64-Core 1,109 69% 1,109 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.9.1 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.7% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 140 Parallax 207 99% 156 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 141 Splatting 92.6 92% 115 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 80GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 471 396 277 276 277 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 483 Mixed 447 SusWrite 362 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 54.7 181% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 128%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 35GB free Firmware: J00fae20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 49 48 48 47 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	48% Average	Read 354 Write 450 Mixed 241 SusWrite 47.8 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 26.1 90% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 85.4 DQ Write 48.3 DQ Mixed 62.4 48% 65.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 69 49 61 82 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 153 Write 151 Mixed 95 SusWrite 63.4 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 3x8GB 377 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.2% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 46: 0P 2R 7G 15B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
46%	22%	109	490	351	60	23"	1280 720	ACR0318 Acer H236HL

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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	1,752x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,091x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	861x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
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	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16