MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.3% 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	126% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

7 months ago, 7 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '23 at 21:15
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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 5 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 74.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 275 88% 163 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 830 83% 675 Pts	64-Core 1,094 68% 1,094 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 0513) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.20.27.09 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Lighting 15.4 Reflection 26.7 Parallax 21.4 13% 21.2 fps	MRender 24.5 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 23.3 18% 21.3 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
APS-SE20G-256 256GB 1,193 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 230 228 233 232 232 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 768 Write 610 Mixed 348 SusWrite 232 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 39.1 200% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 416 DQ Write 560 DQ Mixed 326 292% 434 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 209%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 465GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 27% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 25 26 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Seagate Backup+ SL 2TB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 168GB free Firmware: A905 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 62 61 62 62 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 50.1 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 62.6 40% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KD48GU880-36A180X 4x8GB 249 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.5% Very good	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 32.4 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 32.3 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 92.1 44% 92.1 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 125%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	40	19	120	23.8"	1920 1080	MSI3BA4 MSI G241

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Workstation 82%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,535x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	911x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	576x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	599x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	412x
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	308x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	175x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	511x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	284x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	137x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $501

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16