MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% 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	60.8% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). 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	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '24 at 15:14
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 3700X-$206 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 71.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 216 75% 135 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 690 65% 540 Pts	64-Core 1,007 62% 1,007 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Gigabyte(1458 232D) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 23.Q4 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 136 Parallax 286 115% 188 fps	MRender 245 Gravity 152 Splatting 206 164% 201 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Klevv NEO N610 SSD 512GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427D SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 235 236 257 257 260 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 379 Write 327 Mixed 242 SusWrite 252 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 22.8 70% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 231 162% 198 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 154GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 67 60 52 55 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 175 Write 161 Mixed 96.5 SusWrite 70.3 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KD48GU880-36A180C 2x8GB 387 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 31.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 28.1 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 104%

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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	71	60	165	24.1"	1280 720	AIO2400 AIO24

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Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,806x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $206Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,764x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,860x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,449x
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 $140Bench 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	1,931x
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 $273	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 $168	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