MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.4% 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	125% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201208
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '21 at 16:42
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 69.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 255 82% 152 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 766 75% 615 Pts	64-Core 944 58% 944 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 869D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 103 Parallax 105 89% 106 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 91.5 85% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 512GB 20,736 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 469 419 348 299 350 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 636 Write 1,086 Mixed 463 SusWrite 394 146% 645 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 39 143% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 816 DQ Write 602 DQ Mixed 607 481% 675 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 267%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 915GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 186 201 205 209 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 139 Mixed 74.6 SusWrite 198 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 115% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 736GB free Firmware: MS2OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 178 177 183 180 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 183 Mixed 37 SusWrite 179 106% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 29GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 5.5 7 7.7 6.5 7.8 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 5.2 Mixed 14.4 SusWrite 6.9 16% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.5 159% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.3% Good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 25.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 23.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 102%

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Gaming 98%

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,759x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,749x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,846x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,436x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,289x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,112x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	650x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $74Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	522x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,916x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	975x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $542

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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