MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	144% 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.
Boot Drive	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '22 at 13:24
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 80.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 229 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 791 74% 618 Pts	64-Core 1,119 69% 1,119 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	144% Outstanding	Lighting 210 Reflection 200 Parallax 188 172% 199 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 146 Splatting 131 124% 155 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 622GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 345 276 222 214 214 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 290 Write 258 Mixed 323 SusWrite 251 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 21.9 97% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 180 174% 274 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 101%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 763GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 926 871 824 840 839 840 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 942 Write 941 Mixed 1459 SusWrite 857 238% 1,050 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 20.3 155% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,091 DQ Write 765 DQ Mixed 947 702% 934 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 276%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 33.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.5 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 33.4 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 110%

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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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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,758x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,749x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,846x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,436x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,289x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,111x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	650x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	522x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,916x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	975x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $542

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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