MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics75.5% 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 Drive260% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)  (all builds)
Memory10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200422
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateMay 16 '21 at 16:24
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU 16%
Watch Gameplay: 1660-Ti + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X-$395
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
90.2% Outstanding
Memory 69
1-Core 150
2-Core 298
91% 173 Pts
4-Core 595
8-Core 1,149
103% 872 Pts
64-Core 2,074
128% 2,074 Pts
Poor: 80%
This bench: 90.2%
Great: 97%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89
Performing below potential (45th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
75.5% Very good
Lighting 96.5
Reflection 95.3
Parallax 87.3
79% 93 fps
MRender 96.3
Gravity 87.2
Splatting 75.1
69% 86.2 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 75.5%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
179GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 883 588 579 577 576 573 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
260% Outstanding
Read 2,421
Write 1,950
Mixed 1,532
SusWrite 629
364% 1,633 MB/s
4K Read 61.2
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 81.9
273% 94.9 MB/s
DQ Read 989
DQ Write 788
DQ Mixed 891
666% 889 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 260%
Great: 340%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB
458GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 136 140 141 139 130 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
70.8% Very good
Read 109
Write 139
Mixed 67.1
SusWrite 137
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.4
143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 106%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9
6GB free, PID 5581
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 56 26 26 26 24 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
37.9% Below average
Read 151
Write 61.1
Mixed 71.4
SusWrite 37
93% 80.2 MB/s
4K Read 6.4
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.6
150% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 37.9%
Great: 39%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69.4% Good
MC Read 27.2
MC Write 23.7
MC Mixed 25.4
73% 25.4 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 17.6
SC Mixed 22
55% 19.3 GB/s
Latency 104
38% 104 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 69.4%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 19,167 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $548
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HDDRAMUSB
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