MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	70.5% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191025
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '20 at 11:53
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 85.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 793 79% 643 Pts	64-Core 967 60% 967 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Nvidia(10DE 11E6) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 525 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 13.1 Parallax 14.6 12% 14.3 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 17 Splatting 18.4 12% 13.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: P181106a SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 229 229 224 224 223 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 426 Write 229 Mixed 257 SusWrite 215 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 29.7 124% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 89.6 DQ Write 34.2 DQ Mixed 86.6 58% 70.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 568GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 104 102 103 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 164 Write 153 Mixed 103 SusWrite 103 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown R009D408GX2-3200C16A 2x8GB 1,509 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 35.3 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 35.3 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 111%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $84Bench 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	1,847x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,437x
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	523x

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: $544

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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