MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.35% 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	43.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '21 at 10:39
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 70 1-Core 139 2-Core 276 86% 162 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 815 81% 662 Pts	64-Core 1,018 63% 1,018 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7800M 500 User benchmarks, average bench 9% AMD(1002 1278) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	7.35% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 15.7 Parallax 14 7% 12.7 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 8.9 Splatting 10.3 8% 10.4 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.35% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD320 64GB-$128 262 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 49 49 50 50 50 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 164 Write 53.3 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 49.5 19% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 29.6 102% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 68.7 DQ Write 53.8 DQ Mixed 59.9 45% 60.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 48%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 48GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 38 78 55 49 31 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 473 Write 152 Mixed 343 SusWrite 76.7 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 38.5 155% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 18.7 DQ Mixed 17.2 30% 63.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 253GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 184 189 188 188 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 142 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 187 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%
Toshiba MG03ACA100 1TB 1,552 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 589GB free Firmware: FL1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 136 137 137 137 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 134 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 136 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 91%
WD Re 1TB (2013)-$65 3,754 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 559GB free Firmware: 01.01V03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 112 111 111 112 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 103 SusWrite 111 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 13,671 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66% Good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 26.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 24.6 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 101 39% 101 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 103%

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Gaming 98%

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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	7,767x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,753x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,850x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,291x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	650x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,920x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $543

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16