MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	130% 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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201208
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '21 at 14:19
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 71.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 90% 169 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 818 87% 696 Pts	64-Core 1,056 65% 1,056 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 34FC) 1GB CLim: 715 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Lighting 14.4 Reflection 20.6 Parallax 13.8 12% 16.3 fps	MRender 22 Gravity 15.7 Splatting 14.4 14% 17.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian S280 480GB 2,297 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0727B SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 473 474 477 478 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 480 Mixed 462 SusWrite 475 109% 484 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 61.6 202% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 136 168% 296 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 128%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 83GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 72 72 71 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 102 Write 68.7 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 71.2 54% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 59%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 191GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 115 116 116 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 122 Write 122 Mixed 59 SusWrite 114 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3200 2x8GB 16,678 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.3% Good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 26.9 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 24.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 98.8 40% 98.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 107%

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Workstation 92%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,797x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,763x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,856x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,445x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,299x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,118x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	527x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,928x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	980x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	757x

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Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $545

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16