MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 166% UFO	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 165% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	154% 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	380% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20230506
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '24 at 17:30
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X-$168 15,311 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 172 2-Core 338 108% 200 Pts	4-Core 673 8-Core 1,213 113% 943 Pts	64-Core 1,496 93% 1,496 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 4755) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.12 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	154% Outstanding	Lighting 225 Reflection 262 Parallax 181 183% 222 fps	MRender 226 Gravity 151 Splatting 135 136% 171 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB 12,579 User benchmarks, average bench 380% 309GB free (System drive) Firmware: 731030WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2427 2329 2349 2216 632 568 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	380% Outstanding	Read 2,788 Write 2,637 Mixed 2,225 SusWrite 1,754 528% 2,351 MB/s	4K Read 73.2 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 86.3 318% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,611 DQ Write 1,262 DQ Mixed 1,316 1,017% 1,396 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 380% Great: 507%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB 8,393 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 668GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 323 49 355 58 175 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 473 Write 435 Mixed 385 SusWrite 232 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 1.1 104% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 62.7 DQ Mixed 0.9 30% 76.5 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$105 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 924GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 128 125 130 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 116 Write 116 Mixed 61.6 SusWrite 127 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3600 2x16GB 13,134 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 34.7 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 30.4 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 36.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 129%

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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	56	60	36.1"	1280 720	TCL0000 43S451

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,757x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,094x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	867x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	476x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	344x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	664x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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