MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 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	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '22 at 02:52
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th 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-$81 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 89.4 1-Core 141 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 823 82% 669 Pts	64-Core 1,101 68% 1,101 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 109 Parallax 126 102% 120 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 114 Splatting 105 107% 135 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,670 Write 1,841 Mixed 1,882 472% 2,131 MB/s	4K Read 69.2 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 94.7 316% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,230 DQ Write 908 DQ Mixed 1,075 802% 1,071 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 909GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 163 163 163 163 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 164 Mixed 38.4 SusWrite 162 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 44,547 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 37.3 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 35.3 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 116%

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Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $81Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,837x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,777x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $190Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,870x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,456x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,307x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,123x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	655x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	534x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	530x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,937x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	985x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	761x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $537

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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