MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.7% 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	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '23 at 19:36
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 below expectations (16^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 75.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 788 72% 602 Pts	64-Core 987 61% 987 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 8D93) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 532.03 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.7% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 102 Parallax 118 95% 112 fps	MRender 154 Gravity 105 Splatting 96.2 94% 118 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU 650NS38 240GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: P191 SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 230 212 122 149 170 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 507 Write 34.3 Mixed 256 SusWrite 186 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 26.9 104% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 79.9 DQ Write 72.5 DQ Mixed 125 81% 92.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 108%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 931GB free Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 430 439 443 442 443 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 379 Write 462 Mixed 387 SusWrite 439 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 50.9 165% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 129 157% 274 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 844GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 174 174 174 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 162 Mixed 106 SusWrite 173 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 1x16GB 13,628 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	45.5% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 16.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 12.8 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 59%

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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	70	58	144	27"	1280 720	ACR064E Acer KG271 C

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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