MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	283% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '21 at 00:51
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 68.4 1-Core 148 2-Core 277 88% 164 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 854 86% 700 Pts	64-Core 1,045 65% 1,045 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Asus(1043 05C1) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 142 Parallax 196 112% 159 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 140 Splatting 91.5 93% 116 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2040 613 614 614 614 617 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2,584 Write 2341 Mixed 1,592 SusWrite 852 411% 1,842 MB/s	4K Read 64.5 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 86.4 289% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 935 DQ Write 764 DQ Mixed 889 655% 862 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 632GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 494 494 493 493 494 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 490 Mixed 447 SusWrite 493 110% 486 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 64.7 214% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 372 280% 374 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%
Lacie d2 TBT2 USB3 4TB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: 1153 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 209 208 208 208 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 204 Mixed 94.1 SusWrite 208 130% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.2 278% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68% Good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 26.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 24.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 110%

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Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,775x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,761x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,852x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,440x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,295x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,117x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	652x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	526x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,923x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	978x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	754x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $538

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16