MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.9% 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	239% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '20 at 02:33
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 82.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 295 94% 175 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 856 90% 719 Pts	64-Core 1,082 67% 1,082 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6676) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 106 90% 110 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 99 Splatting 99.5 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 515 330 330 329 333 332 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,994 Write 1,200 Mixed 939 SusWrite 361 248% 1,124 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 82.6 285% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,392 DQ Write 810 DQ Mixed 950 748% 1,051 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 236%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 110 110 112 116 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 85.5 Write 69 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 110 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.6 181% 2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 63%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB 8,778 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 3GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	6.84% Terrible	Read 29 Write 3.7 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 4.4 10% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 37% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.84% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 33.6 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 31.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 104%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,766x
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	1,919x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	976x
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