MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 153% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 139% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	202% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	20.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '24 at 20:53
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 76.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 211 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 655 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 881 54% 881 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4070-$539 45,585 User benchmarks, average bench 190% MSI(1462 5137) CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 531.61 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	202% Outstanding	Lighting 290 Reflection 268 Parallax 286 236% 281 fps	MRender 369 Gravity 244 Splatting 191 210% 268 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 205%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$95 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 395 393 409 399 370 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 370 Mixed 221 SusWrite 389 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 32.2 132% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 250 196% 272 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 116%
Kingston HyperX 3K 480GB-$256 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 39GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 218 208 231 209 215 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 414 Write 250 Mixed 251 SusWrite 214 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 20.6 4K Mixed 23.6 82% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 146 113% 159 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 69%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 249GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 399 403 449 443 454 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 479 Mixed 401 SusWrite 434 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 53.1 172% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K CL16-18-18 D4-3000 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K CL16-18-18 D4-3000 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.1% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 25.5 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 24.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 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
0%	0%	0	69	57	60	28.8"	1280 720	GSM59F1 LG ULTRAWIDE

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	857x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	339x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	436x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	234x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	247x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16