MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.5% 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	268% 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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '21 at 04:27
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 82.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 95% 177 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 911 93% 750 Pts	64-Core 1,097 68% 1,097 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E426) ≥ 4GB Ram: 6GB, Driver: 21.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 125 Parallax 156 93% 132 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 113 Splatting 83.5 79% 98.6 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 857GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1551 837 847 844 841 844 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 1,596 Write 1,784 Mixed 1,458 SusWrite 961 326% 1,449 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 83.6 295% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,331 DQ Write 1,126 DQ Mixed 1,224 918% 1,227 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 276%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 160GB free Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 340 369 288 382 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 469 Mixed 393 SusWrite 342 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 53.9 191% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 258 220% 324 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 117%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 787GB free Firmware: 1808 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 100 101 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 89 Write 61.6 Mixed 52 SusWrite 98.2 55% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 66%
Seagate Portable 2TB 11,289 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 116 122 124 124 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 91.5 Write 112 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 122 72% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 68%
Samsung Type-C 32GB 439 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 25GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 16 15 17 16 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 28 Mixed 22 SusWrite 16.3 33% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 32% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 38.3 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 26.7 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 40.7 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 114%

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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	2,752x
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	1,290x
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 $40Bench 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: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $543

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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