MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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	330% 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, 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	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '20 at 00:30
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 5 3600-$83 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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 70 1-Core 149 2-Core 292 90% 170 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 862 89% 716 Pts	64-Core 1,064 66% 1,064 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 117 Parallax 225 120% 163 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 142 Splatting 164 118% 141 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2222 807 810 817 812 817 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	330% Outstanding	Read 2723 Write 2,509 Mixed 1,893 SusWrite 1,048 457% 2,043 MB/s	4K Read 71.4 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 99.1 331% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 1,316 DQ Write 1,101 DQ Mixed 1,212 907% 1,210 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 330% Great: 355%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 699GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 474 473 475 475 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 476 Mixed 428 SusWrite 474 107% 473 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 57 193% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 301 246% 351 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 125%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 717GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 97 98 97 98 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 87 Write 80.9 Mixed 83.6 SusWrite 97.3 65% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 27.2 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 25.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 101 39% 101 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 110%

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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	7,777x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,761x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,852x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,440x
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	530x
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	1,923x
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 $40
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