MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	90.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '20 at 18:45
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 71.8 1-Core 151 2-Core 301 92% 175 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 830 89% 706 Pts	64-Core 1,077 67% 1,077 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 22F7) Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.20 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12% Very poor	Lighting 15.3 Reflection 15.4 Parallax 18.9 12% 16.6 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 14.7 Splatting 13.3 11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 206 208 213 217 217 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 390 Mixed 362 SusWrite 223 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 43.5 154% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 211 177% 253 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 100%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 38GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 505 Write 494 Mixed 426 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 63.5 215% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 367 277% 371 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
MBIL-SSM SWIVEL 4GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 0001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 6.5 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	6.46% Terrible	Read 18 Write 5 Mixed 5 SusWrite 6.4 10% 8.6 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 39% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.46% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 52,667 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 26.6 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 25.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 97.3 41% 97.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 103%

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

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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	7,797x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,762x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,856x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,444x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,299x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,118x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	653x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	531x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	526x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,928x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	980x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	757x

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Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $545

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16