MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	254% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '20 at 16:46
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 73.7 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 183 67% 117 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 475 53% 417 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E410) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.7.2 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 242 92% 158 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 139 Splatting 163 117% 139 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 711GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1323 1325 1348 1345 1391 1382 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 1,450 Write 1,436 Mixed 1,047 SusWrite 1,352 298% 1,321 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 72.9 250% 88.6 MB/s	DQ Read 674 DQ Write 937 DQ Mixed 268 353% 626 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 295%
Lexar SSD 1TB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 252GB free Firmware: V1.1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 317 324 315 321 323 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 400 Write 344 Mixed 319 SusWrite 321 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 30.4 114% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 232 175% 234 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 113%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$180 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 207GB free Firmware: R201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 129 130 131 129 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 375 Write 131 Mixed 175 SusWrite 131 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 18.9 4K Mixed 22.8 84% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 64.4 DQ Mixed 75.7 66% 99.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	MC Read 33 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 34.4 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 93 43% 93 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 111%

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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	7,756x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,748x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,845x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,435x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,289x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,111x

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	522x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,916x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	975x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $544

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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