MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	129% 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	81.9% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '24 at 20:55
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 2600X-$175 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 72.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 222 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 675 64% 532 Pts	64-Core 885 55% 885 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 7600 1,077 User benchmarks, average bench 110% XFX(1EAE 7601) ≥ 4GB; XFX-SWFT210, AMD RX 7600 Ram: 8GB, Driver: 24.1.1 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	129% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 179 Parallax 280 120% 202 fps	MRender 228 Gravity 181 Splatting 210 169% 206 fps
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$54 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 226 215 207 201 196 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 484 Write 248 Mixed 256 SusWrite 217 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 32.8 116% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 228 191% 279 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 130%
Kingston A400 480GB-$35 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 160GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 347 100 103 100 101 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 452 Write 125 Mixed 323 SusWrite 192 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 32 117% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 212 179% 258 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 44,547 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 11.9 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 13.1 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 98.8 40% 98.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 116%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 37: 0P 2R 9G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
37%	39%	28	224	30	60	23.5"	1920 1080	DELD08D DELL SE2417HG

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,786x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $75Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,110x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	883x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	568x
RX 580AMD $140Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	485x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	352x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	445x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	308x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	239x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	674x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	428x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $33Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	251x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

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Intel Core i5-13600K $205	Nvidia RTX 4070 $519	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $380