MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.26% 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	92.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201208
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 18 '21 at 19:32
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 76 1-Core 146 2-Core 288 91% 170 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 831 78% 646 Pts	64-Core 1,052 65% 1,052 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PowerColor(148C 2385) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1176 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	6.26% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 26.6 Parallax 27.6 0% 18.1 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 21.6 Splatting 20 18% 22.7 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 6.26% Great: 22%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X300 2.5 7MM 128GB 378 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3520012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 174 160 171 175 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 330 Mixed 199 SusWrite 173 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 43.1 163% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 212 175% 253 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata 1x8GB 25,310 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.7 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 88.3 45% 88.3 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 52%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,800x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,763x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,858x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,445x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,299x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,118x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	653x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	531x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	527x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,930x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	980x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	757x

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Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $545

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16