MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220401
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '22 at 16:07
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 784 78% 636 Pts	64-Core 938 58% 938 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.8.2 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 140 Parallax 194 81% 145 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 145 Splatting 94.8 90% 112 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,201 Write 1,256 Mixed 1,074 263% 1,177 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 66.1 225% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,075 DQ Write 934 DQ Mixed 1013 757% 1,007 MB/s
Poor: 133% Great: 228%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 101GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 166 167 165 165 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 495 Write 479 Mixed 392 SusWrite 186 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 37 134% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 195 192% 305 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 420GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 156 158 160 160 161 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 97.2 Write 68.3 Mixed 74.6 SusWrite 158 73% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 35.3 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 30.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 110%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,769x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,753x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,850x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,292x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	650x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,920x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $548

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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