MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	295% 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.

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

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190917
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 21:59
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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-$85 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 70.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 87% 164 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 833 84% 683 Pts	64-Core 1,050 65% 1,050 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 119 Parallax 126 101% 123 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 115 Splatting 103 104% 131 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1075 829 812 815 820 825 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 2,465 Write 2,339 Mixed 1,790 SusWrite 863 417% 1,864 MB/s	4K Read 63.7 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 89.6 299% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,213 DQ Write 1,058 DQ Mixed 1,138 852% 1,136 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 355%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$72 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 233GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 274 273 272 272 270 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 477 Mixed 418 SusWrite 294 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 54.6 184% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 234 214% 326 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 118%
Samsung 830 512GB-$500 1,815 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 468GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 344 325 323 331 328 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 485 Write 315 Mixed 287 SusWrite 331 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 28.7 107% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 154 127% 186 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 85%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 459GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 50 50 51 49 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 88 Write 87.7 Mixed 68 SusWrite 49.8 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 69%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 176 177 177 177 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 160 Mixed 111 SusWrite 176 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%
TDK LoR TF10 8GB 1,321 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 0619 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 4.4 3.5 4.3 4 3.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	1.53% Terrible	Read 1.3 Write 1.3 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 3.9 3% 2.05 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.53% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 26.6 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 25.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 104%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,840x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,778x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $190Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,870x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,457x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,307x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,123x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	655x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	534x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	530x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,938x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	985x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	761x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $541

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16