MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	88.3% 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	43.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '21 at 01:30
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X-$134 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 90 1-Core 158 2-Core 310 101% 186 Pts	4-Core 618 8-Core 890 94% 754 Pts	64-Core 1,129 70% 1,129 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 21.8.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 125 Parallax 167 93% 135 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 114 Splatting 83.6 79% 98.6 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2.0s SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 134 134 121 107 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.2% Average	Read 250 Write 118 Mixed 152 SusWrite 126 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 16.7 4K Mixed 19 71% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 59.3 DQ Mixed 77.9 59% 81.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 90%
Faspeed F710-250G 250GB 249 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 146GB free Firmware: 02000000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 102 101 99 99 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 378 Write 213 Mixed 283 SusWrite 136 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 20.4 84% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 17.4 DQ Mixed 31 37% 69 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 112%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 227GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1565 848 847 847 841 843 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 1,595 Write 1,873 Mixed 1,490 SusWrite 965 334% 1,481 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 208 4K Mixed 85.2 303% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,342 DQ Write 1,076 DQ Mixed 1,212 907% 1,210 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 276%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 227GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 90 89 91 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 106 Write 98.3 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 89.3 71% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 1,263 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 33.4 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 29.9 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 34.2 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 102%

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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: 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	9	6	144	24"	1280 720	GSM5B73 24GL600F

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,301 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	858x

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 $48Bench 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: $737

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16