MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.8% 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	89.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '20 at 19:48
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.65 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 775 73% 607 Pts	64-Core 1,108 69% 1,108 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13A2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.8% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 107 Parallax 113 94% 112 fps	MRender 162 Gravity 103 Splatting 92.3 94% 119 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GB 43,498 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 181 242 262 262 195 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 461 Write 430 Mixed 345 SusWrite 246 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 40.7 136% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 248 200% 282 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 114%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 155GB free Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 415 425 427 427 250 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 408 Mixed 408 SusWrite 384 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 27.7 120% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 48.1 102% 205 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 190 188 186 188 186 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 127 Write 164 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 185 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 61% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 106%

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 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 32.6 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 27.1 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 110%

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Gaming 98%

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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	7,778x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,761x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,853x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,441x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,295x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,117x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	652x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	531x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	526x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,924x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	978x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	754x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $538

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16