MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.4% 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	123% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '22 at 23:53
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 2700X-$190 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 75.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 239 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 716 71% 577 Pts	64-Core 1118 69% 1118 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$271 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 105 Parallax 121 91% 113 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 91.4 86% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Amd-raid SPCC M.2 PCIe SS 256GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 129% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A4 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 127 182 190 196 176 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 1346 Write 554 Mixed 696 SusWrite 180 153% 694 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 43.8 150% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 384 DQ Mixed 236 190% 260 MB/s
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 160%
Amd-raid Array 1 2TB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 404GB free Firmware: 9.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 254 250 256 256 252 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 252 Write 267 Mixed 121 SusWrite 253 163% 223 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.2 146% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 243%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3600 C17 Series 2x8GB 10,274 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 25.6 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 21 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 89.7 45% 89.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 111%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $78Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,860x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,779x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $190Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,872x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,458x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,309x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,125x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	656x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	534x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	531x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,940x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	989x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	762x

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