MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	146% 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	209% 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	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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220526
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '24 at 20:27
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D-$210 757 User benchmarks, average bench 97% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 80.1 1-Core 145 2-Core 293 93% 173 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 875 81% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,258 78% 1,258 Pts
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$420 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3903) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 556.12 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	146% Outstanding	Lighting 216 Reflection 176 Parallax 193 176% 195 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 147 Splatting 117 119% 150 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 158%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$126 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: 233010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1191 353 365 375 371 354 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,445 Write 1,715 Mixed 1,338 SusWrite 501 281% 1,250 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 67.2 234% 89.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,206 DQ Write 969 DQ Mixed 1,132 835% 1,102 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 276%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 2x8GB 48,405 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72% Very good	MC Read 35 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 27.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 23.3 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 121%

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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: 0P 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	191	11	240	27"	1920 1009	MSI9CA9 MSI G27C4X

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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 $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,776x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,109x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	876x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $234Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	565x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	479x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	348x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	443x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	306x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $75Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	237x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	669x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	428x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	250x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $627

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $162
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $499	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $85
Intel Core i5-13600K $200	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $390	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $385