MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.3% 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	125% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 16:31
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3800X-$295 141,122 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 83.1 1-Core 158 2-Core 313 99% 185 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 1,060 99% 824 Pts	64-Core 1492 92% 1492 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3350 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 98.9 Parallax 91.4 90% 100 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 83.8 79% 99.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 749GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 468 470 446 418 434 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 460 Mixed 437 SusWrite 448 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 60.4 193% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 305 248% 350 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%
Adata SP600 64GB 663 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 59GB free Firmware: 5.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 176 179 179 179 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 400 Write 176 Mixed 205 SusWrite 178 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 29.8 102% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 121 118% 190 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 861GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 175 174 175 174 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 162 Mixed 95.6 SusWrite 173 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 665GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 150 153 152 154 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 134 Mixed 101 SusWrite 152 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 109%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 202GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 96 97 97 96 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 130 Write 130 Mixed 77 SusWrite 96.2 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 87%
SABRENT 1TB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 510GB free Firmware: 2210 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 34 34 35 32 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 22% Great: 87%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 16GB 901 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 7GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 6.4 5.7 5.7 5 8.1 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 39.1 Write 5 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 6.6 15% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1.2 88% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 38.2 96% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 29.2 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 39.7 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 118%

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Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

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	7,768x
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	1,920x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x
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