MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	91.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '23 at 19:51
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (46^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-$86 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 way below expectations (20^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 72.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 260 82% 152 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 757 73% 603 Pts	64-Core 896 55% 896 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% ASRock(1849 5210) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 22.20.27.09 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 133 Parallax 267 112% 179 fps	MRender 238 Gravity 146 Splatting 197 158% 193 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 306 174 126 36 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 465 Mixed 353 SusWrite 198 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 42.4 149% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 247 211% 312 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 108%
MSI M371 1TB 4,388 User benchmarks, average bench 218% 883GB free Firmware: EDFMF0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1791 1761 1709 1788 1781 1760 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 1,093 Write 1,751 Mixed 1304 SusWrite 1765 336% 1,478 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 70.7 246% 92 MB/s	DQ Read 728 DQ Write 976 DQ Mixed 938 684% 880 MB/s
Poor: 132% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 301%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 101GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 85 86 86 86 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 63.8 Write 55.2 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 85.6 45% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 58%
Seagate Portable 2TB 11,289 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 962GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 105 94 94 89 101 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 76.6 Write 81.7 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 96.2 51% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.6 180% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FARG BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 28.9 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 24.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 96 42% 96 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 85%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,829x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,769x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $199Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,869x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,455x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,301x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,121x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	655x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	534x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	530x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,935x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	982x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	761x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $542

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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