MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% 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	332% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190720
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '19 at 11:26
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 77.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 964 87% 730 Pts	64-Core 1,320 82% 1,320 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC3) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 96 Parallax 88.6 86% 96.6 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 81.7 75% 93.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$97 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 921GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0411B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1392 2137 2162 2208 1680 1344 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	332% Outstanding	Read 2,574 Write 2,223 Mixed 234 SusWrite 1,820 381% 1,713 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 77.6 256% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 939 DQ Write 773 DQ Mixed 583 511% 765 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 332% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 111GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 155 155 155 155 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 487 Mixed 366 SusWrite 190 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 58.3 200% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 360 274% 369 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 198GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 105 106 107 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 90 Mixed 54 SusWrite 106 64% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 68%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 13,169 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.9 7.7 7.6 6 7.6 7.5 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.62% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 19.8 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 7.7 22% 17.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.4 94% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 8.62% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 26.4 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 23.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 85.5 47% 85.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 110%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,771x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,753x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,850x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,293x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	651x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,921x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	752x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $548

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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