MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	280% 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	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	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210422
Uptime	14.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '21 at 23:12
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 82.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 244 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 723 70% 578 Pts	64-Core 981 61% 981 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Lighting 64.8 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 63.1 53% 65.9 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 54.8 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2251 813 807 819 819 816 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,510 Write 2,354 Mixed 1,813 SusWrite 1,054 433% 1,933 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 78.9 257% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 948 DQ Write 621 DQ Mixed 858 620% 809 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 355%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 267GB free Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 467 328 0 0 6.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 416 Write 175 Mixed 379 SusWrite 211 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 37.1 140% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 169 162% 248 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 102%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 233GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 504 Write 481 Mixed 464 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 59 196% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 146GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 115 117 136 120 164 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 159 Write 138 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 134 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GIS CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 F4-3200C16-8GIS CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 32.4 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 27.3 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 28.7 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 99%

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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%	1	8	6	165	24.5"	1280 720	AUS25A4 VG258

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	434x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	233x

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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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