MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	135% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '23 at 13:40
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 74.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 72% 130 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 660 64% 528 Pts	64-Core 1,113 69% 1,113 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF1) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 115 Parallax 141 100% 126 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 112 Splatting 104 105% 133 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 380 53 48 54 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1,327 Write 733 Mixed 866 SusWrite 141 170% 767 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 54.8 180% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 414 DQ Mixed 223 212% 328 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 242%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 155GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 446 428 285 285 285 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 478 Mixed 456 SusWrite 351 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 50.7 167% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 368 277% 371 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 128%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 768GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 176 177 177 177 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 131 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 177 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 3.2 511% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 112%
Seagate GoFlex DVR 1TB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 931GB free, PID 50c5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 40 39 40 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 49.7 Write 38.5 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 39 52% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 62% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 20%
WD Elements 2620 5TB 4,390 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 4TB free, PID 2620 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 107 105 107 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 117 Write 103 Mixed 72 SusWrite 105 132% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 0.7 300% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.9% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 25.8 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 92.3 43% 92.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 24: 0P 1R 4G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
24%	29%	42	210	57	60	27.2"	2560 1440	SPT0ABF Z27

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,802x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $179Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,763x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,859x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,446x
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	653x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	531x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	528x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,930x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	980x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	757x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $539

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16