MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics109% 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 Drive57.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191025
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJan 22 '20 at 14:02
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 80.9
1-Core 143
2-Core 233
86% 152 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 839
77% 647 Pts
64-Core 1,064
66% 1,064 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Zotac(19DA 1470) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
109% Outstanding
Lighting 148
Reflection 151
Parallax 139
120% 146 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 142
Splatting 99.5
92% 114 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 109%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016)
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z3311000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 140 74 82 94 95 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
57.8% Above average
Read 343
Write 408
Mixed 356
SusWrite 106
68% 303 MB/s
4K Read 20.3
4K Write 62.1
4K Mixed 22.3
92% 34.9 MB/s
DQ Read 166
DQ Write 267
DQ Mixed 34.2
77% 156 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 57.8%
Great: 70%
Tcsunbow X3 240GB
223GB free
Firmware: R1211A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 442 452 461 461 460 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 466
Mixed 442
SusWrite 454
106% 468 MB/s
4K Read 41.5
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 35
168% 63.5 MB/s
DQ Read 243
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 53.6
107% 212 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 111%
Great: 116%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB
28GB free
Firmware: 0109
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 101
Write 97.2
Mixed 89.5
72% 96 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
83% Excellent
MC Read 34
MC Write 22.5
MC Mixed 32.6
85% 29.7 GB/s
SC Read 24.2
SC Write 22
SC Mixed 31.3
74% 25.8 GB/s
Latency 78.9
51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 83%
Great: 102%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 19,211 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 112% - Outstanding Total price: $543
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