MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210927
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '21 at 23:37
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 77 1-Core 140 2-Core 264 87% 160 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 801 79% 646 Pts	64-Core 1021 63% 1021 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 3FF5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 154 Parallax 170 130% 161 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 132 Splatting 118 114% 143 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 79 81 77 81 79 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 138 Write 98.2 Mixed 119 SusWrite 80.3 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 27.6 119% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 67.1 63% 98.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 73%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 366GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 362 100 104 104 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 459 Write 158 Mixed 357 SusWrite 201 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 43.4 155% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 206 167% 233 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 102%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 598GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 88 88 89 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 85.6 Write 82.9 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 88.2 62% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 29.2 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 29.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 86.3 46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 104%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,768x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,753x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,850x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,291x
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	1,920x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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