MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	251% 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	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 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '20 at 02:46
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 691 67% 553 Pts	64-Core 931 58% 931 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1067) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Lighting 95 Reflection 90.5 Parallax 78.3 77% 87.9 fps	MRender 65.6 Gravity 81 Splatting 72.7 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256GB 12,871 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB421D57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1209 1250 992 913 528 282 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,427 Write 1243 Mixed 1,224 SusWrite 862 319% 1439 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 67 223% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 720 DQ Write 728 DQ Mixed 806 583% 751 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 273%
HP S700 1TB 2,388 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 931GB free Firmware: R0522A1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 443 446 446 445 445 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 445 Mixed 412 SusWrite 445 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 27.2 127% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 38.6 88% 174 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 45.5 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 36.6 119% 41.7 GB/s	SC Read 28 SC Write 42.2 SC Mixed 32.2 98% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 111%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,789x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,761x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,855x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,443x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,299x
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,117x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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	1,927x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	980x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	754x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $548

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16