MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.1% 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	225% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '20 at 02:31
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 2600X-$175 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.05 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 774 74% 609 Pts	64-Core 994 62% 994 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 97 Parallax 92.4 82% 96.8 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 79.8 76% 94.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$149 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 463GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1518 825 763 641 601 616 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,593 Write 1,354 Mixed 1,465 SusWrite 827 294% 1,310 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 70.8 237% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 995 DQ Write 655 DQ Mixed 898 650% 849 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 276%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 7GB free Firmware: X61190WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 494 Write 309 Mixed 390 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 50 169% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 286 234% 335 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 118%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$72 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 981GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 129 130 132 132 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 155 Write 108 Mixed 84 SusWrite 131 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4BL.M8FE BL8G32C16U4BL.M8FE1 BL8G32C16U4BL.M8FE BL8G32C16U4BL.M8FE1 32GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 44.2 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 39 118% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 29.4 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 34 100% 35.1 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,837x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,773x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $190Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,869x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,456x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,306x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,122x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	655x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	534x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	530x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,937x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	984x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	761x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $542

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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