MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.1% 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	377% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	59.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '23 at 03:52
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3600X-$199 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.25 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 81.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 287 92% 170 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 867 88% 714 Pts	64-Core 1,074 66% 1,074 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.8% 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: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3101 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 102 Parallax 92.3 82% 98.5 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 92.2 Splatting 80.4 73% 90.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000P3SSD8 1TB 44,174 User benchmarks, average bench 268% 746GB free (System drive) Firmware: P9CR30A SusWrite @10s intervals: 2476 2508 2523 2542 2509 2511 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	377% Outstanding	Read 2,018 Write 2,588 Mixed 2,156 SusWrite 2,512 525% 2,318 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 85.8 300% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,276 DQ Write 973 DQ Mixed 1,173 864% 1,141 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 377% Great: 394%
Sandisk S3 500G 500GB 12,292 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 282GB free Firmware: 411030RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 265 258 257 262 261 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 486 Mixed 384 SusWrite 288 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53 188% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 252 216% 319 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 116%
SD Ultra 3D 1TB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 931GB free Firmware: 52008100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 484 463 482 474 479 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 470 Mixed 442 SusWrite 476 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 49.2 171% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 3.8 95% 229 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 152 152 150 148 151 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 94.7 Write 125 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 149 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 68% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 4x16GB 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 36.4 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 27.5 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 36.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 130%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

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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 $59Bench 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 $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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) $39	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