MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	213% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220716
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '23 at 22:33
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 PRO 3600 6-Core 742 User benchmarks, average bench 85% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 81.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 265 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 786 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 985 61% 985 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 191 Parallax 182 142% 182 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 185 Splatting 127 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 585 301 275 287 292 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 2,044 Write 1,385 Mixed 570 SusWrite 342 239% 1,085 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 56.3 215% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,080 DQ Write 938 DQ Mixed 667 594% 895 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 236%
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 240GB-$180 4,505 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 124GB free Firmware: LH6i SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 169 210 215 202 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 353 Write 285 Mixed 283 SusWrite 200 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 43.8 166% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 153 141% 217 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 89%
Hitachi HUS726040ALN610 4TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 3.5TB free Firmware: APGNT907 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 194 198 198 196 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 199 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 195 123% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.6 219% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 35.7 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 26.2 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 35.8 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 107%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,813x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,765x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $199Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,863x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,452x
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	654x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	531x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	529x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,933x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	980x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	758x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $504

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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