MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	156% 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	284% 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 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '22 at 22:00
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 3600-$179 1,192,841 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 80.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 250 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 802 78% 622 Pts	64-Core 1,092 73% 1,092 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 406,951 User benchmarks, average bench 154% Gigabyte(1458 4069) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	156% Outstanding	Lighting 224 Reflection 204 Parallax 194 181% 207 fps	MRender 191 Gravity 152 Splatting 134 127% 159 fps
Poor: 137% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 165%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$82 367,775 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 889 581 582 582 578 578 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,572 Write 2,378 Mixed 1,703 SusWrite 632 406% 1,821 MB/s	4K Read 66.4 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 89.2 301% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,239 DQ Write 964 DQ Mixed 1,093 820% 1,099 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 332%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,481 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 168GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 494 496 386 289 292 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 490 Mixed 472 SusWrite 375 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 65.2 220% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 543,690 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 15GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 512 Write 491 Mixed 446 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 66 219% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 369 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 83% Great: 135%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 1,594 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 57GB free, PID 00ed Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 4.3 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	9.45% Terrible	Read 38.7 Write 0.2 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 4.6 14% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1 70% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.45% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 F4-3200C16-8GVKB CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 F4-3200C16-8GVKB 32GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 33 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 34 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 114%

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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	7	144	27"	1280 720	GSM5B7F 27GL850

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $154Bench 75%, 803,461 samples	9,438x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $179Bench 82%, 1,192,841 samples	6,260x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $379Bench 80%, 580,408 samples	4,762x

GPU
RX 580AMD $220Bench 55%, 758,433 samples	3,157x
RTX 2060Nvidia $331Bench 89%, 595,256 samples	2,868x
RX 5700-XTAMD $365Bench 105%, 424,650 samples	2,349x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 715,782 samples	2,378x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 113%, 543,690 samples	1,339x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $85Bench 187%, 190,203 samples	1,131x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 80%, 558,010 samples	3,951x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $69Bench 85%, 606,492 samples	2,296x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $58Bench 84%, 278,296 samples	1,477x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $652

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $280	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $111
Intel Core i7-12700K $380	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16