MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	260% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201208
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '21 at 20:58
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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-$83 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 way below expectations (16^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 75.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 229 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 633 65% 526 Pts	64-Core 1008 62% 1008 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6800-$759 18,552 User benchmarks, average bench 143% Sapphire(1DA2 E437) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 150 Parallax 319 131% 210 fps	MRender 235 Gravity 106 Splatting 153 132% 165 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 153%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1065 817 820 820 817 807 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 1,963 Write 1,851 Mixed 1,475 SusWrite 858 344% 1,537 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 72.1 245% 88 MB/s	DQ Read 1,265 DQ Write 1,132 DQ Mixed 1,186 893% 1,194 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 355%
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 69GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 132 92 85 88 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 204 Write 351 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 103 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 30.1 109% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 196 159% 229 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 99%
Sandisk S-1T00 1TB 8,421 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 736GB free Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 401 404 403 403 407 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 429 Write 399 Mixed 298 SusWrite 403 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 38.8 129% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 211 197% 305 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 120%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 612GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 177 177 178 178 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 139 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 176 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 35.8 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 25 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 88.9 45% 88.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 114%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,766x
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	1,291x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	650x
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	1,919x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	976x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $548

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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