MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.7% 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	248% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '21 at 19:41
Run Duration	308 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 82.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 795 84% 673 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 96.8 Reflection 107 Parallax 98.1 79% 101 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 95.8 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB256HBHQ-000L7 256GB 7,348 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4M2QEXH7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 597 388 386 385 379 368 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,360 Write 2,125 Mixed 1,583 SusWrite 417 361% 1,621 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 82.5 276% 97.2 MB/s	DQ Read 999 DQ Write 915 DQ Mixed 1,037 756% 984 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 284%
Kingmax 120GB 120GB 2,908 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 34GB free Firmware: V4.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 72 72 72 71 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 491 Write 323 Mixed 316 SusWrite 88.5 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 27.4 137% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 34.2 67% 130 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 86%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 361GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 171 173 173 171 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 159 Mixed 96 SusWrite 171 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 375GB free Firmware: 07.A0V.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 128 128 128 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 148 Write 147 Mixed 96.8 SusWrite 127 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K 2x8GB 22,419 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 36.8 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 35.1 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 63: 10R 4G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
63%	43%	35	109	6	60	21.5"	1920 1080	GSM57E0 E2260

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,798x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,763x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,857x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,445x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,299x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,118x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	653x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	531x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	527x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,930x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	980x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	757x

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Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $545

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16