MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


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 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	199% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1776 x 1000 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210513
Uptime	14.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '22 at 17:58
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	FRA-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 7 3800X-$295 141,122 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 74.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 286 90% 169 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 878 86% 706 Pts	64-Core 1,487 92% 1,487 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6790 4,043 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 12.9 12% 14 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 10.7 Splatting 10.5 9% 11 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 233010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 716 242 240 181 233 240 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,507 Write 1,651 Mixed 1,308 SusWrite 309 268% 1,194 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 75.7 267% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,000 DQ Write 688 DQ Mixed 922 667% 870 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 237%
Verbatim STORE N GO 32GB 3,394 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 26GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 7 8.8 7.5 8.2 8 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 30.4 Write 8.5 SusWrite 8 16% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 1.6 77% 2 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 10%
WDC WD20 EZRX-00D8PB0 2TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 731GB free, PID 0718 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 33 32 33 33 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 32.1 Write 31.6 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 32.6 42% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 112% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C17 2x8GB 5,767 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 29.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 30 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 92.1 43% 92.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 88%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 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: $486

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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