MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 22:17
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 83.9 1-Core 150 2-Core 272 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 865 86% 700 Pts	64-Core 1,114 69% 1,114 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 136 Parallax 90.6 81% 109 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 85.2 Splatting 76.8 75% 94.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 883 Write 562 Mixed 591 150% 679 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 52.7 202% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 56.8 58% 90 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 157%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 68GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 377 374 368 362 364 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 431 Mixed 450 SusWrite 381 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 65.9 221% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 49.6 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 68.6 58% 82.6 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 31GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 375 360 340 302 312 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 482 Mixed 436 SusWrite 355 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 65.4 220% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 49.2 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 68 58% 82.4 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 44,547 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 37.6 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 28 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 39.4 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 116%

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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	7,771x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,753x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,850x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,293x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	651x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,921x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	752x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $548

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16