MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	187% 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

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '23 at 01:17
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 85.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 245 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 715 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 942 58% 942 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2066) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 94.3 Reflection 109 Parallax 90.8 77% 97.9 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 86.8 Splatting 83.9 77% 96 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 512GB 20,736 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1103 566 507 568 514 554 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,281 Write 2,304 Mixed 1,447 SusWrite 636 321% 1,417 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 65.4 212% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 718 DQ Write 669 DQ Mixed 478 418% 622 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 267%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 250GB free Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 458 465 466 447 395 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 461 Mixed 403 SusWrite 449 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 49 165% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 292 242% 347 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 517GB free Firmware: M3CR045 SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 438 441 442 444 441 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 364 Write 448 Mixed 382 SusWrite 441 93% 409 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 54.8 180% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 162 180% 305 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 125%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 481GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 110 111 111 110 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 184 Write 144 Mixed 99.3 SusWrite 110 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB 40,300 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 43.6 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 34.9 112% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 27.7 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 29 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

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Gaming 98%

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,759x
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	1,112x

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 $74Bench 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 $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