MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% 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 Drive	326% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190917
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '20 at 23:53
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-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 9 3900X-$395 197,342 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 71.9 1-Core 152 2-Core 299 92% 174 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 1,193 106% 895 Pts	64-Core 2,195 136% 2,195 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% PowerColor(148C 2399) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 104 Parallax 207 100% 145 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 113 Splatting 141 100% 119 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 323GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2131 1261 1243 1270 1268 1277 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 2,079 Write 2,083 Mixed 1,585 SusWrite 1,408 402% 1,789 MB/s	4K Read 67.2 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 95.3 321% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1388 DQ Write 1,166 DQ Mixed 1,262 949% 1272 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 372%
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$209 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 168GB free Firmware: LH6i SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 159 163 159 159 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 360 Write 195 Mixed 234 SusWrite 162 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 40.4 156% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 138 126% 195 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 82%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$29 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 365GB free Firmware: DEM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 86 87 88 88 86 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 78.5 Write 97.3 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 87.5 58% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 375% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 64%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 37.1 Mixed 33.1 SusWrite 38.1 27% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.6% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 27.7 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 25.4 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 97.1 41% 97.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 104%

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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) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,800x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,763x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,858x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,445x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,299x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,118x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	653x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	531x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	527x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,930x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	980x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	757x

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Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $545

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16