MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics109% 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 Drive60.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200422
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateNov 15 '20 at 09:04
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User MYS-User
Background CPU5%
Watch Gameplay: 5700-XT + 3700X How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT-$359
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
Memory 71.5
1-Core 157
2-Core 303
94% 177 Pts
4-Core 528
8-Core 867
85% 698 Pts
64-Core 1094
68% 1094 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 95%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
Gigabyte(1458 2316) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 110
Parallax 227
112% 158 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 131
Splatting 156
111% 133 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 109%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232
140GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 127 135 131 133 136 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
60.7% Good
Read 142
Write 189
Mixed 154
SusWrite 135
35% 155 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 94.4
4K Mixed 35.2
126% 50.1 MB/s
DQ Read 173
DQ Write 170
DQ Mixed 92.2
91% 145 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 60.7%
Great: 67%
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB
481GB free
Firmware: S1111A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1564 975 379 263 368 390 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
196% Outstanding
Read 1418
Write 1,572
Mixed 982
SusWrite 657
260% 1,157 MB/s
4K Read 47.5
4K Write 193
4K Mixed 25.9
207% 88.8 MB/s
DQ Read 886
DQ Write 934
DQ Mixed 482
480% 767 MB/s
Poor: 145%
This bench: 196%
Great: 310%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$23
236GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 75 75 75 75 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
52% Above average
Read 107
Write 84
Mixed 55.2
SusWrite 74.4
59% 80.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 52%
Great: 61%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.7% Good
MC Read 28.7
MC Write 18.1
MC Mixed 26.3
70% 24.4 GB/s
SC Read 20.2
SC Write 17.5
SC Mixed 23.6
58% 20.4 GB/s
Latency 97.8
41% 97.8 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 67.7%
Great: 112%

 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 19,234 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: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $548
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