MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (3rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 97 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	154% 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	58.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '21 at 10:50
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	93%

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PC Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Memory 46.6 1-Core 19.4 2-Core 39.1 24% 35 Pts	4-Core 80 8-Core 397 24% 238 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6800-XT-$650 20,197 User benchmarks, average bench 171% AMD(1002 0E3A) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	154% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 216 Parallax 395 154% 267 fps	MRender 324 Gravity 145 Splatting 243 193% 237 fps
Poor: 165% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 178%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 259 329 193 163 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 423 Write 352 Mixed 309 SusWrite 228 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 31.2 4K Mixed 20.9 71% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 118 91% 124 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 103%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 92GB free Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 343 352 336 367 385 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 364 Write 384 Mixed 333 SusWrite 349 81% 358 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 22.9 74% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 122 92% 124 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 28.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 13.3 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 174 23% 174 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 110%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,767x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,753x
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	1,291x
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	1,920x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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