MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very good.
Graphics	72.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	14.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190711
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '20 at 10:09
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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-$198 703,010 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 80.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 878 90% 706 Pts	64-Core 1,130 76% 1,130 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$436 74,552 User benchmarks, average bench 84% ASRock(1849 1001) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.4% Very good	Lighting 87 Reflection 85.2 Parallax 141 70% 104 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 94.1 Splatting 118 75% 98.2 fps
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 96%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$53 126,459 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 16 16 21 32 28 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	14.4% Very poor	Read 23.3 Write 71.4 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 29.6 10% 44.1 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 16.7 4K Mixed 9.4 36% 12.1 MB/s	DQ Read 10.4 DQ Write 12.5 DQ Mixed 11 8% 11.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$52 303,626 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 827GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 167 161 162 174 170 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 115 Write 155 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 166 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 106% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 2x8GB 21,551 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 34.3 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 35.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 110%

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

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 58,104 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 88%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $124

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $198Bench 84%, 703,010 samples	27,855x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $329Bench 87%, 450,504 samples	9,089x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $249Bench 85%, 202,028 samples	7,192x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 107%, 302,536 samples	7,175x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 401,550 samples	6,690x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 188,060 samples	4,384x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 106%, 481,221 samples	2,591x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $85Bench 287%, 246,585 samples	2,141x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $65Bench 271%, 313,524 samples	2,070x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 360,684 samples	7,379x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 85%, 188,132 samples	3,493x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $77Bench 84%, 197,976 samples	3,095x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $852

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $208	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16