MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% 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 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.1% 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	133% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '21 at 23:25
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 81.2 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 93% 172 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 856 88% 709 Pts	64-Core 1,022 63% 1,022 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.1% Very good	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 99.5 Parallax 89.9 81% 96.4 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 92.1 Splatting 77.6 72% 89.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 358 375 373 380 378 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 908 Write 581 Mixed 426 SusWrite 379 127% 574 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 41.4 162% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 617 DQ Write 464 DQ Mixed 469 370% 516 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 155%
Sandisk SD8SN8U-128G-1006 128GB 10,347 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 119GB free Firmware: X4120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 105 125 94 96 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 277 Mixed 328 SusWrite 118 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 51 176% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 218 186% 274 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 89%
AXNS381E-256GM-B 256GB 1,628 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 238GB free Firmware: 263j-HP SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 216 211 213 221 220 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 454 Write 220 Mixed 211 SusWrite 213 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 38.6 145% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 114 112% 177 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 85%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 446GB free Firmware: UG5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 210 141 143 146 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 449 Write 363 Mixed 306 SusWrite 169 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 19.4 71% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 45.9 52% 88.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 61%
Cx2-8b256-q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB 2,143 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 238GB free Firmware: 48811QD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 346 343 344 348 349 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 352 Write 344 Mixed 296 SusWrite 347 76% 335 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 55.3 177% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 391 280% 360 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 208%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 39 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 37.5 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 125%

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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	60	21.7"	1280 720	GSM5AB8 LG IPS FULLHD

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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	7,765x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,752x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,849x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,290x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,919x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	976x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $548

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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