MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.9% 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	175% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '22 at 23:44
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X-$275 141,122 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 71.1 1-Core 149 2-Core 288 90% 169 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 981 92% 767 Pts	64-Core 1,460 90% 1,460 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3163) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.9% Very good	Lighting 88.9 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 101 72% 92.3 fps	MRender 149 Gravity 82.8 Splatting 81.4 82% 104 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Digifast ACE Series 256GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 562 263 263 266 268 279 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,074 Write 1,231 Mixed 1,051 SusWrite 317 206% 918 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 73.8 244% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 749 DQ Write 901 DQ Mixed 862 639% 837 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 211%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 24GB free Firmware: M3CR023 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 504 Write 462 Mixed 441 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 52.6 174% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 297 244% 349 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 125%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$88 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 25GB free Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,711 Write 2,108 Mixed 1,855 425% 1,891 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 79.5 267% 94.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,104 DQ Write 890 DQ Mixed 987 742% 994 MB/s
Poor: 149% Great: 365%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 49GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 71 69 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 87.4 Write 85.3 Mixed 59.9 SusWrite 69.8 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 62%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$60 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 38GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 82 83 82 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 66.1 Write 61.3 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 81.8 54% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 76%
OCZ-VERT EX4 256GB 14GB free, PID 0611 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 217 Write 243 Mixed 197 284% 219 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 25.5 4K Mixed 20 1,616% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 20 DQ Write 27.2 DQ Mixed 21.3 1,724% 22.8 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$50 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.5% Good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 26.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 25.3 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 98.8 40% 98.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 120%

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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 $78Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,858x
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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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $537

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Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369