MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	10.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210413
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '21 at 02:21
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$81 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 82.5 1-Core 149 2-Core 294 94% 175 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 876 91% 733 Pts	64-Core 1,112 69% 1,112 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$266 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 87F5) CLim: 2415 MHz, MLim: 4400 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 470.05 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	10.6% Very poor	Lighting 16.9 Reflection 1.3 Parallax 8 14% 8.73 fps	MRender 1.3 Gravity 3.5 Splatting 9.6 4% 4.8 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$95 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 466GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 823 504 422 424 425 423 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,584 Write 1763 Mixed 1,347 SusWrite 503 292% 1,299 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 80.6 291% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1249 DQ Write 1,163 DQ Mixed 1003 808% 1,138 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 237%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA640 2TB-$41 7,860 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MK7ONS01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 95 93 100 131 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 146 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 110 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 35.3 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 33.8 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $81Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,837x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,777x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $190Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,870x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,456x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,307x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,123x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	655x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	534x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	530x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,937x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	985x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	761x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $537

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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