MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.9% 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	73.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '20 at 18:46
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$86 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 77.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 290 92% 172 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 789 76% 628 Pts	64-Core 1,087 67% 1,087 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Asus(1043 0555) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1662 MHz, MLim: 920 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 90.5 Parallax 184 87% 127 fps	MRender 89.5 Gravity 124 Splatting 129 96% 114 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 94 91 90 88 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 440 Write 137 Mixed 205 SusWrite 94.7 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 35.5 137% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 141 118% 174 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 77%
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 429GB free Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1066 468 475 477 477 474 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,258 Write 1068 Mixed 548 SusWrite 573 192% 862 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 53.6 204% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 544 DQ Write 512 DQ Mixed 401 336% 486 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 311%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 554GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 77 79 79 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 77.1 Write 74.2 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 77.1 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 51%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$35 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 214GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 93 Write 96.1 Mixed 70.4 SusWrite 106 67% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 2x8GB 23,313 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 30.7 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 30.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 84.5 47% 84.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 94%

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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 $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,827x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,768x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $199Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,868x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,455x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,300x
RTX 3070Nvidia $455Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,121x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	655x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	533x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $74Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	529x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,934x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	982x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	760x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $542

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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