MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.8% 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	25% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '21 at 14:37
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 76.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 184 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 604 58% 476 Pts	64-Core 985 61% 985 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.8% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 3.6 Parallax 221 100% 116 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 128 Splatting 94.6 91% 113 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X01c62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 34 4.8 5.2 28 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	25% Poor	Read 390 Write 88.4 Mixed 78.4 SusWrite 14.6 31% 143 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 32% 7.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 99%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2263 2355 2373 1864 1442 1496 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	333% Outstanding	Read 2,372 Write 2,210 Mixed 1,801 SusWrite 1,966 470% 2,087 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 63.3 205% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,306 DQ Write 1,123 DQ Mixed 1,258 931% 1,229 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 333% Great: 435%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 369GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 79 79 77 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 110 Write 94.6 Mixed 70.9 SusWrite 78.2 65% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 84%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 16GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 59 60 62 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 31.2 Write 53.3 Mixed 48 SusWrite 60.1 36% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$99 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 156 173 174 179 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 150 Mixed 72 SusWrite 168 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.8 262% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 96GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 66 66 65 65 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	27.8% Poor	Read 55.1 Write 64.8 Mixed 41.6 SusWrite 65 78% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 36 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 26.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.6% 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 28: 4R 1G 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
28%	22%	45	325	257	60	84.6"	1280 720	SAM7017 SAMSUNG

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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 $130Bench 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 $134	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