MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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	81.5% 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 Drive	239% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '21 at 00:29
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$83 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 86.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 294 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 875 89% 722 Pts	64-Core 1,094 68% 1,094 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 82% 105 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 99.5 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2019)-$46 14,978 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 531 568 510 511 510 510 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,791 Write 2,079 Mixed 1,538 SusWrite 524 333% 1483 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 78.4 283% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,062 DQ Write 1,124 DQ Mixed 893 727% 1,026 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 238%
WDC WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TB 8,872 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1TB free Firmware: 415020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 412 422 417 417 417 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 485 Mixed 393 SusWrite 422 98% 432 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 47.5 163% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 228 204% 310 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 519GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 162 165 167 165 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 161 Mixed 86 SusWrite 165 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$50 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 36.7 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 28 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 39.6 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 120%

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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	7,780x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,761x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,853x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,441x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,296x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,117x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	652x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	531x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	526x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,925x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	978x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	754x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $543

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16