MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.6% 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	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190720
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '19 at 23:40
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 80.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 726 75% 602 Pts	64-Core 950 59% 950 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 110 Parallax 104 82% 105 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 100 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 203 202 198 207 199 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 397 Write 248 Mixed 268 SusWrite 202 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 20.5 4K Mixed 23.4 79% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 78.7 DQ Mixed 93.4 83% 128 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 65%
Transcend TS128GSSD230S 128GB 2,263 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 18GB free Firmware: P1025F8 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 518 Write 420 Mixed 406 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 46.7 163% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 164 148% 218 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 541GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 179 181 182 182 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 139 Mixed 89 SusWrite 177 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 4,068 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 213GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 22 23 23 23 22 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 38 Write 30.4 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 22.4 38% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 43%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 402GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 20 20 20 21 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 35 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 20.1 40% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 111% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 904 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 29.6 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.4 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,759x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,749x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,846x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,436x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,289x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	650x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $74Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	522x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,916x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	975x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $542

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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