MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 142% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	164% 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	154% 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

16 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '23 at 22:01
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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-$285 141,122 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 70.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 276 88% 164 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 934 90% 744 Pts	64-Core 1,412 87% 1,412 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6800-XT-$650 20,197 User benchmarks, average bench 171% XFX(1EAE 6701) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	164% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 217 Parallax 389 157% 266 fps	MRender 363 Gravity 150 Splatting 298 222% 270 fps
Poor: 165% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 178%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Digifast ACE Series 256GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 522 229 196 193 191 181 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1,072 Write 1,204 Mixed 1,034 SusWrite 252 200% 890 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 67.3 224% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 836 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 260 280% 481 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 211%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 2GB free Firmware: M3CR023 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 487 Write 447 Mixed 432 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 46.9 153% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 295 244% 349 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 125%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 60GB free Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,622 Write 2,061 Mixed 1,765 408% 1,816 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 72.2 237% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,030 DQ Write 808 DQ Mixed 905 681% 915 MB/s
Poor: 149% Great: 365%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 90GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 89 89 89 88 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 86.6 Write 85.9 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 88.1 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 62%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 57GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 87 87 87 86 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 109 Write 100 Mixed 102 SusWrite 86.7 74% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$50 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.3% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 25.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 23.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 120%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,808x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $206Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,764x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,862x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,450x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,300x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	653x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	531x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	528x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,931x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	980x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	758x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $539

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16