MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.2% 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	112% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220524
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '22 at 15:11
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$84 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)	93% Outstanding	Memory 83.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 263 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 852 86% 700 Pts	64-Core 1,098 68% 1,098 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 104 88% 109 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 105 Splatting 101 82% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 336 332 334 340 334 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 355 Mixed 307 SusWrite 335 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 46.9 177% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 241 215% 325 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 128%
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 81GB free Firmware: SBFA12.a SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 109 109 111 103 6.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 472 Write 399 Mixed 353 SusWrite 128 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 41 159% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 206 183% 273 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 90%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 252GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 155 154 155 155 155 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 142 Write 125 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 155 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.7 457% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 442GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 180 178 187 186 185 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 124 Write 154 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 182 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 106% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 106%
Samsung MZNLN128HCGR-000L2 128GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 21GB free Firmware: EMT23L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 118 137 143 132 143 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 37% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 38.3 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 31.7 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 118%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 5,927 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 82%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,528x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	905x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	572x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	596x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	407x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	306x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	174x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	169x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	510x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	283x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	137x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $488

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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