MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.6% 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	35.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190917
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '21 at 09:55
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 75.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 695 68% 559 Pts	64-Core 909 56% 909 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% MSI(1462 3680) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.2.3 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 112 Parallax 182 96% 137 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 129 Splatting 77.9 80% 100 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 54 76 21 132 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 478 Write 428 Mixed 12.2 SusWrite 126 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 0.3 33% 8.77 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 92%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 320GB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 127 127 127 128 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 115 Write 138 Mixed 113 SusWrite 125 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 200% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 66%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 500GB-$59 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 20GB free Firmware: JF3OA0E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 75 75 67 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 60.2 Write 61.1 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 72.7 42% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 59%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 6,669 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.6 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 3 Write 1.7 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 1.6 2% 2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 12% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.8% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 26.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 24.1 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	72	23.5"	1280 720	SAM0D2C C24F390

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,759x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,749x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,846x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,436x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,289x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,113x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	650x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $74Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	522x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,916x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	975x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $542

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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