MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.4% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191107
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 18 '20 at 10:46
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU5%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$82
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
89.2% Excellent
Memory 80.2
1-Core 144
2-Core 279
91% 168 Pts
4-Core 527
8-Core 789
82% 658 Pts
64-Core 1018
63% 1018 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 89.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
82.4% Excellent
Lighting 97.9
Reflection 88.8
Parallax 138
80% 108 fps
MRender 86.8
Gravity 101
Splatting 124
88% 104 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 85%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 71 73 74 91 90 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
59% Above average
Read 126
Write 129
Mixed 63.4
SusWrite 79.5
73% 99.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 59%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
86.6% Excellent
MC Read 34.8
MC Write 23.9
MC Mixed 34.1
88% 30.9 GB/s
SC Read 24.6
SC Write 23.7
SC Mixed 34.7
79% 27.7 GB/s
Latency 80.2
50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 19,141 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 112% - Outstanding Total price: $542
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