MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	71% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '20 at 07:27
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing way below expectations (10^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	65% Good	Memory 53.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 259 75% 144 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 731 69% 570 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 428 500 283 119 108 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 299 Write 413 Mixed 250 SusWrite 281 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 8.2 33% 12.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,022 DQ Write 423 DQ Mixed 504 431% 650 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 236%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 127GB 488 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 28GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 11 11 9.8 9.9 9.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	7.67% Terrible	Read 26 Write 12.7 Mixed 17.6 SusWrite 10.2 21% 16.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 36% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.67% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3733 C19 1x16GB 259 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 9.4 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 148 27% 148 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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