MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.6% 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	288% 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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '23 at 22:33
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 80.5 1-Core 141 2-Core 275 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 821 83% 674 Pts	64-Core 1,018 63% 1,018 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$271 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 129 Parallax 110 93% 118 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 100 Splatting 94.7 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$60 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32B3T8EA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1041 771 586 909 728 721 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,530 Write 1771 Mixed 1,577 SusWrite 792 371% 1,668 MB/s	4K Read 63.4 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 85.9 288% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,180 DQ Write 1,014 DQ Mixed 648 608% 947 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 372%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 827GB free Firmware: 0909 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 162 161 165 167 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 115 Mixed 86 SusWrite 162 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 97%
Hitachi HDT721075SLA380 750GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 50GB free, PID 1018 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 37 39 38 38 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 33.5 Write 38.4 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 37.2 49% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 75% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 22%
WD Elements 25A3 6TB 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 138 139 139 141 140 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 144 Write 135 Mixed 92.6 SusWrite 139 171% 128 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 0.8 333% 5.43 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 8.5 DQ Mixed 0.7 314% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 35.5 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 35.4 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 111%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 19,402 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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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