MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.1% 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	251% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200917
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '21 at 17:25
Run Duration	312 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF-$97 52,721 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.65 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 84.3 2-Core 214 71% 127 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 636 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 904 56% 904 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.1% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 130 Parallax 119 97% 123 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 123 Splatting 113 91% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 980 717 704 701 699 685 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,483 Write 2,310 Mixed 1,789 SusWrite 748 410% 1,832 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 74.3 241% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 836 DQ Write 526 DQ Mixed 721 527% 694 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 355%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 26GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 89 92 95 80 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 260 Write 130 Mixed 186 SusWrite 87 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 33.6 122% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 90.6 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 96.9 77% 106 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 73%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 133GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 423 421 409 419 391 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 298 Write 383 Mixed 277 SusWrite 416 78% 343 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 47.9 163% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 171 177% 291 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 284GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 180 178 181 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 114 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 179 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 45 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 36.3 115% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 27.4 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 30.9 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% 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 55: 6R 6G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
55%	37%	51	300	225	144	23.8"	1920 1080	AOC2402 24G2W1G4

History: Score 9: 1R 1G 1B | Score 55: 6R 6G 7B

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 82%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,528x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	905x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	572x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	596x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	407x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	306x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	174x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	169x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	510x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	283x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	137x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $488

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 $182	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) $30	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