MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 1 month ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '23 at 00:23
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^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-$78 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 78.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 241 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 750 73% 602 Pts	64-Core 841 52% 841 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.18 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.6% Good	Lighting 87.2 Reflection 88.9 Parallax 80.9 71% 85.7 fps	MRender 90.1 Gravity 84.1 Splatting 73.9 67% 82.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 442GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 340 390 302 378 372 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 254 Write 421 Mixed 187 SusWrite 357 69% 305 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 41.3 147% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 39.7 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 50.5 45% 65.5 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 295GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 129 133 133 132 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 117 Write 142 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 132 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 34,561 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 34.1 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 29.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 111%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $78Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,860x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,779x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $190Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,872x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,458x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,309x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,125x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	656x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	534x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	531x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,940x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	989x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	762x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $497

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
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Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369