MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.5% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '23 at 23:56
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$199 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 75.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 81% 149 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 887 82% 687 Pts	64-Core 1,209 75% 1,209 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3816) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 136 Parallax 212 97% 156 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 139 Splatting 89.4 92% 116 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 488 Write 478 Mixed 302 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 45.9 159% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 173 184% 306 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$39 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 403GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 106 105 107 107 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 143 Write 149 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 107 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$39 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 153GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 170 172 173 173 172 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 122 Write 132 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 172 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 108%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 3d23 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 6 9.6 7.7 8.8 8 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	7.9% Terrible	Read 28.9 Write 1 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 7.7 10% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 8.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 32% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.9% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.3% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 25.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 101%

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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 $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,829x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,769x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $199Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,869x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,455x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,301x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,121x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	655x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	534x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	530x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,935x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $59Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	982x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	761x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $542

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16