MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.4% 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	309% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210927
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '23 at 19:52
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 68.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 266 84% 157 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 794 81% 654 Pts	64-Core 1,043 64% 1,043 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% ASRock(1849 5102) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.4.2 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 38.5 Parallax 183 88% 110 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 120 Splatting 77.1 80% 99.8 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 1,078 User benchmarks, average bench 315% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1328 978 964 963 953 921 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	309% Outstanding	Read 2,598 Write 2,572 Mixed 2387 SusWrite 1,018 481% 2,144 MB/s	4K Read 73.1 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 98.9 322% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,156 DQ Write 748 DQ Mixed 922 696% 942 MB/s
Poor: 210% ↑ This bench: 309% Great: 392%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$105 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 504GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 487 490 489 489 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 494 Mixed 459 SusWrite 488 110% 489 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 66.2 219% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 371 279% 372 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 137%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 163GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 369 364 367 366 366 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 433 Mixed 333 SusWrite 375 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 50.3 162% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 220 201% 309 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 117%
Jmicron Generic 1.5TB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 448GB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 124 122 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 104 Write 96.8 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 123 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 60%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 362GB free, PID a301 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 36 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 36.1 Write 36.4 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 37 43% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.4 136% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT16GX4M2C3200C16 2x8GB 4,141 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 26.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 24.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 113%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,810x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,765x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $199Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,862x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,451x
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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,931x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	980x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	758x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $499

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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