MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	246% 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

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	21 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200422
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '21 at 01:30
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 68.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 293 90% 170 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 826 82% 669 Pts	64-Core 1,040 64% 1,040 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 114 Parallax 131 106% 125 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 119 Splatting 106 107% 135 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 555 562 552 524 563 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,985 Write 2,231 Mixed 1,768 SusWrite 535 366% 1,630 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 74.9 263% 98.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,285 DQ Write 1,078 DQ Mixed 1,157 873% 1,173 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 297%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 491GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 95 95 95 92 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 84.7 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 93.5 64% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.3 163% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 79%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 705GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 112 114 115 115 109 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 90.9 Write 65.6 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 112 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 152% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 79%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 716GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 113 113 113 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 174 Write 122 Mixed 70.6 SusWrite 112 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.4 157% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 79%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 216GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 73 76 75 76 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 67.3 Write 79.6 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 73.7 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.4 166% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 79%
WDC WD20 EZRZ-22Z5HB0 2TB 788GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 38 38 38 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.4% Poor	Read 37.4 Write 35.7 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 37.1 48% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.43 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.9% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 26.3 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 25.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 120%

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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 $84Bench 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	1,847x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,437x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,289x
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 $74Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	523x

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: $544

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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