MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	207% 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

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210927
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '22 at 06:18
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3400G-$98 93,718 User benchmarks, average bench 68% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 94.8 2-Core 221 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 626 61% 501 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics 47,368 User benchmarks, average bench 16% AMD(1002 15D8) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Lighting 20.3 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 30.9 16% 22.2 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 25.1 Splatting 15.3 15% 18 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1858 281 145 166 156 154 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,537 Write 1,936 Mixed 1,627 SusWrite 460 313% 1,390 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 75 246% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 1,064 DQ Write 759 DQ Mixed 907 679% 910 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 295%
Seagate BUP Slim 2TB 10,173 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 971GB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 112 120 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 97.7 Write 123 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 118 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.3 174% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.5% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 13.4 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 10.9 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 82%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,531x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	906x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	574x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	598x
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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	170x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	511x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	283x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	137x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $501

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