MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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.
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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '21 at 02:33
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 80.7 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 95% 176 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 889 92% 738 Pts	64-Core 1,073 66% 1,073 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 137 Parallax 128 103% 131 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 130 Splatting 115 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 512GB 20,736 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,674 Write 2,402 Mixed 1661 430% 1,912 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 83.8 282% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,279 DQ Write 619 DQ Mixed 407 446% 768 MB/s
Poor: 105% Great: 267%
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 53GB free Firmware: SAFM13.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 290 385 388 389 384 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 466 Mixed 392 SusWrite 384 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 42 154% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 202 193% 301 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 114GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 492 485 410 394 390 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 492 Mixed 405 SusWrite 443 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 50.8 183% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 363 276% 371 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
HFS256G32TNF-N2A2A 256GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 100GB free Firmware: 70060P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 238 232 233 233 233 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 473 Mixed 429 SusWrite 267 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 46.8 166% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 328 255% 348 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
SSD 1TB 9,059 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 207GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 441 441 406 99 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 392 Mixed 354 SusWrite 322 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 37.3 149% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 199 175% 259 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 103%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.9 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	7.52% Terrible	Read 28.8 Write 19.8 Mixed 15.8 SusWrite 9.3 23% 18.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.52% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2E3200C16 2x8GB 17,343 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 33.6 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 36.4 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 6: 0R 2G 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
6%	7%	27	110	7	144	31.5"	2560 1440	AOC3201 Q32G1WG4

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 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	859x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	438x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16