MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.1% 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	25.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200422
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '20 at 21:15
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$199 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 101 2-Core 190 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 698 64% 534 Pts	64-Core 1,124 70% 1,124 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1663 MHz, MLim: 1009 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 200 96% 137 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 143 Splatting 131 102% 122 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 13 70 41 46 38 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.8% Poor	Read 212 Write 88.1 Mixed 82.6 SusWrite 50.6 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 10.4 45% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 14.4 11% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 203GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 89 89 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 84.2 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 88.2 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 74%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$44 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 104 105 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 105 73% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30AESBK.M8FE 2x8GB 28,435 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 47 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 38.1 122% 42.9 GB/s	SC Read 29 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 32.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 108%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 19,287 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,815x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,765x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $199Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,863x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,453x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,300x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	654x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	531x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	529x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,933x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	980x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	758x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $496

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16