MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.8% 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	276% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201130
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '21 at 12:44
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$90 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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 69.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 286 89% 168 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 867 88% 714 Pts	64-Core 1,066 66% 1,066 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Device(0000 0000) 1GB CLim: 675 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Lighting 13.6 Reflection 19.6 Parallax 13.2 11% 15.5 fps	MRender 21.2 Gravity 14.8 Splatting 13.6 13% 16.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$50 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32B3T8EB Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 787 466 448 478 479 476 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,694 Write 1,871 Mixed 1,548 SusWrite 522 368% 1,659 MB/s	4K Read 64.8 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 86.2 293% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1205 DQ Write 811 DQ Mixed 552 535% 856 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 311%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 448GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 118 119 119 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 100 Write 127 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 118 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 75%
Generic USB Disk 60GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 51GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 23 23 23 23 23 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 22.4 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 23 31% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 49% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$41 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 26.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 25.9 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 120%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $90Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,539x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	913x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	577x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	601x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	412x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	309x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	176x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	170x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	513x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	284x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	138x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $475

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16