MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.1% 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	333% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 19:13
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 84.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 96% 178 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 923 92% 747 Pts	64-Core 1115 69% 1115 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 116 Parallax 110 97% 115 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 102 Splatting 82.4 85% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 562GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2310 2180 1155 1146 1142 1157 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	333% Outstanding	Read 2,512 Write 2,278 Mixed 1,725 SusWrite 1,515 450% 2,007 MB/s	4K Read 63.2 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 87.1 294% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,165 DQ Write 1,012 DQ Mixed 1,096 820% 1,091 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 333% Great: 372%
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 165GB free Firmware: P190710b SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 470 174 483 471 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 488 Mixed 444 SusWrite 378 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 46.9 183% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 190 156% 216 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 876GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 187 188 189 188 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 174 Mixed 97.7 SusWrite 188 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3133 MHz clocked @ 1567 MHz Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 34 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 32.2 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,768x
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	1,291x
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 $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,920x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $548

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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