MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.4% 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	77% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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 MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190917
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '19 at 16:20
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$190 93,788 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	1-Core 110 2-Core 218 77% 164 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 853 80% 645 Pts	64-Core 1,138 76% 1,138 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$415 671,944 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	77.4% Very good	Lighting 297 Reflection 283 Parallax 301 78% 294 fps	MRender 204 Gravity 283 Splatting 225 78% 237 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 86%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$150 10,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 130 130 131 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 438 Write 136 Mixed 202 SusWrite 130 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 36.1 140% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 154 126% 181 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 77%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 133,816 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 139GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 273 272 273 272 272 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 344 Mixed 364 SusWrite 293 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 58.6 202% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 187 166% 249 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 117%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$90 60,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 183 181 182 183 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 141 Write 149 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 182 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 367% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$58 27,468 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1TB free Firmware: CC4G SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 121 120 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 117 Write 112 Mixed 56 SusWrite 120 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESCK.M8FE 2x8GB 1,458 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 35.1 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.5 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 33 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 113%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 75%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $190Bench 88%, 93,788 samples	3,648x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $310Bench 93%, 72,687 samples	966x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $240Bench 92%, 23,262 samples	693x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $410Bench 106%, 44,020 samples	1,092x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $500Bench 112%, 41,359 samples	493x
RX 580AMD $170Bench 57%, 314,174 samples	387x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $60Bench 108%, 238,406 samples	363x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $110Bench 290%, 60,466 samples	331x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $110Bench 225%, 32,947 samples	215x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 86%, 154,422 samples	865x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 86%, 95,552 samples	507x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 32,272 samples	363x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $725

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $270	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $369	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24