MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.5% 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	256% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210512
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '21 at 17:37
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 81.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 300 96% 178 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 871 91% 729 Pts	64-Core 1,097 68% 1,097 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E426) ≥ 4GB Ram: 6GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 118 Parallax 162 92% 131 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 115 Splatting 83.7 80% 98.8 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1545 832 824 838 679 596 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 1,597 Write 1,752 Mixed 1,403 SusWrite 886 317% 1,410 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 78.9 283% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,297 DQ Write 977 DQ Mixed 1,166 864% 1,146 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 276%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 131GB free Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 364 370 279 379 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 494 Mixed 408 SusWrite 338 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 53.8 188% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 260 221% 325 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 544GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 153 153 152 160 159 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 127 Write 158 Mixed 77 SusWrite 154 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 76% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 38.9 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 27.2 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 38.4 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 114%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,773x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,760x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,852x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,295x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,116x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	651x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
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	1,922x
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 $269	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16