MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	164% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210513
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '23 at 20:13
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X-$285 141,122 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 73.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 89% 166 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 969 92% 760 Pts	64-Core 1,438 89% 1,438 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6790 4,043 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Lighting 13.9 Reflection 14.6 Parallax 12.9 11% 13.8 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 10.6 Splatting 10.4 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 233010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 625 239 241 242 239 234 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,498 Write 1,603 Mixed 1,298 SusWrite 304 263% 1,176 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 73.7 259% 97.1 MB/s	DQ Read 51.8 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 78.2 74% 109 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 237%
WDC WD20 EZRX-00D8PB0 2TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 830GB free, PID 0718 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 32 33 32 32 32 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 50 Write 31.5 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 32.3 45% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1 75% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C17 2x8GB 5,767 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 29.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 29.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 93.6 43% 93.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 6: 0P 1R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
6%	6%	33	142	11	60	26"	1920 1080	XXX0000 AAA

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 82%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,538x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	913x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	577x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	601x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	412x
RTX 2060Nvidia $291Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	309x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	176x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	170x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	513x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	284x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	137x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $496

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 $550	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