MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.7% 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	224% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210927
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '21 at 18:59
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 80.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 306 96% 179 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 854 86% 701 Pts	64-Core 1,262 78% 1,262 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1621 MHz, MLim: 1827 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 125 Parallax 111 86% 114 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 106 Splatting 98.4 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 791 1038 864 987 861 1143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,530 Write 545 Mixed 886 SusWrite 947 217% 977 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 60.8 233% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 850 DQ Write 677 DQ Mixed 617 502% 715 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 207%
3 1TB SSD 1TB 4,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 672GB free Firmware: T0910A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 434 427 431 431 441 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 286 Write 373 Mixed 257 SusWrite 419 76% 334 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 14.5 4K Mixed 7.3 23% 8.53 MB/s	DQ Read 97.8 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 24.1 66% 134 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 100%
3 1TB SSD 1TB 334 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 139GB free Firmware: R1108A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 34 6.2 45 26 26 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 2.5 Write 57 Mixed 129 SusWrite 27.6 12% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 3.7 3% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 1,097 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79% Very good	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 32.3 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 30.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 115%

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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	1,114x

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