MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	259% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	28.7 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 23 '21 at 22:53
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$200 719,435 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 81.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 270 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 876 90% 706 Pts	64-Core 1,111 75% 1,111 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 65,065 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Sapphire(1DA2 E426) ≥ 4GB Ram: 6GB, Driver: 21.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 128 Parallax 179 100% 143 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 117 Splatting 85.7 92% 101 fps
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$105 57,498 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1554 833 836 840 715 634 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 1,593 Write 1,774 Mixed 1,450 SusWrite 902 322% 1,430 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 82.6 290% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1262 DQ Write 990 DQ Mixed 1,061 812% 1,105 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 268%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 5,291 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 120GB free Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 367 379 356 294 374 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 494 Mixed 396 SusWrite 371 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 54.6 190% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 258 220% 322 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 117%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 39,823 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 1808 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 88 92 101 102 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 56.5 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 93.7 57% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 86% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 65%
Seagate Portable 2TB 1,883 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 124 121 121 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 102 Write 119 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 124 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 1 154% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$223 80,428 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 38.1 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 27.3 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 38.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 111%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 63,899 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 88%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $115

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $200Bench 84%, 719,435 samples	30,589x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $347Bench 87%, 494,687 samples	9,960x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $249Bench 85%, 216,874 samples	7,720x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 107%, 270,701 samples	7,585x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 427,308 samples	7,135x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 205,649 samples	4,811x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $60Bench 106%, 503,065 samples	2,820x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $80Bench 286%, 264,269 samples	2,320x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $70Bench 271%, 317,552 samples	2,313x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 377,583 samples	8,114x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $107Bench 83%, 209,256 samples	3,848x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $77Bench 84%, 199,555 samples	3,381x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $854

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $230	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
Intel Core i5-10400F $151	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $336	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16