MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	256% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). 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	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '24 at 05:24
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	QAT-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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 3800X-$285 141,122 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 83.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 277 91% 168 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 925 86% 720 Pts	64-Core 1,280 79% 1,280 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1267) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.3% Very good	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 90.9 Parallax 83.1 78% 89.8 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 86.4 Splatting 74 68% 84.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Addlink M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 1TB 6,131 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 571GB free (System drive) Firmware: EHFMC0.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1244 1344 974 1027 1006 928 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 1,335 Write 2502 Mixed 1,738 SusWrite 1,087 378% 1,666 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 80.6 278% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1262 DQ Write 993 DQ Mixed 1,176 867% 1,144 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 287%
Addlink SATA SSD 1TB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 241GB free Firmware: T0910A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 62 62 63 63 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 452 Write 84.9 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 67.8 35% 163 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 2.9 66% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 0.9 39% 95.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 111%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 212GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 120 120 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 119 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$50 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 33.3 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 34.6 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 120%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 31: 0P 3R 4G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
31%	28%	40	214	58	144	24"	1920 1080	BNQ7F33 ZOWIE XL LCD

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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 $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,829x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,769x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $199Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,869x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,455x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,301x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,121x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	655x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	534x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	530x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,935x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $59Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	982x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	761x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $542

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16