MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200917
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '23 at 22:58
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 83.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 246 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 848 82% 676 Pts	64-Core 1044 65% 1044 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6650-XT 4,246 User benchmarks, average bench 110% XFX(1EAE 6502) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.10.2 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 141 Parallax 235 92% 163 fps	MRender 216 Gravity 119 Splatting 179 140% 171 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 509 Write 462 Mixed 451 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.1 189% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 279 234% 340 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 123%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 37GB free Firmware: ECFM22.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,320 Write 1,092 Mixed 1,106 261% 1,173 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 78.8 281% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 798 DQ Write 1,081 DQ Mixed 782 635% 887 MB/s
Poor: 95% Great: 223%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 143GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 96 97 90 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 71.2 Write 69.3 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 93.8 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 335GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 117 118 119 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 176 Write 137 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 118 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3000C15D4/8GX KHX2933C15D4/8GX 16GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 33.1 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 32.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 10: 0P 2R 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
10%	9%	22	218	60	165	27"	1280 720	CMI0227 GM27-FQ ARGB

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Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 82%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,542x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	918x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	579x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	604x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	415x
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	309x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	177x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $99Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	170x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	513x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	284x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	139x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $479

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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