MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.4% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '22 at 01:19
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 243 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 723 74% 599 Pts	64-Core 907 56% 907 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$330 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% MSI(1462 5025) ≥ 4GB; MSI RX6600 ARMOR 8G Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.1 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 90.8 Reflection 138 Parallax 183 74% 137 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 94.4 Splatting 134 114% 141 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 340 338 332 336 326 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 440 Mixed 359 SusWrite 340 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 43.5 148% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 329 255% 349 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Apple HDD WDC WD 1TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 185GB free Firmware: 07.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 68 68 69 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 77.6 Write 86.8 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 68.1 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 71%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 29GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 21 21 24 20 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 153 Write 55.9 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 34 90% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.7 154% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3200 2x8GB 16,678 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 34.8 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 28.4 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 29.6 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 37: 4R 4G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
37%	25%	53	526	402	60	27"	1920 1080	ACI27A1 VS278

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,751x
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 $36Bench 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) $31	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