MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.8% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190917
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '20 at 14:26
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 84.4 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 95% 176 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 877 91% 730 Pts	64-Core 1,068 66% 1,068 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 92%

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: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.8% Very good	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 83.1 81% 90.9 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 87.8 Splatting 75.6 72% 89.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 124GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 115 115 115 109 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 442 Write 339 Mixed 359 SusWrite 130 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 18.6 104% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 25.4 81% 172 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 86%
WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GB 43,498 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 261 265 264 263 265 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 357 Mixed 177 SusWrite 267 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 52 163% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 232 190% 271 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 98GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 54 52 55 56 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 191 Write 118 Mixed 84 SusWrite 53.5 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 318GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 56 55 57 56 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 136 Write 109 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 56.4 71% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3133 MHz clocked @ 1567 MHz Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 34.6 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.9 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 33.1 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 110%

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Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,811x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,765x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $199Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,862x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,451x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,300x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	654x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	531x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	529x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,932x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	980x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	758x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $499

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16