MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '20 at 17:09
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 68.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 232 76% 140 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 659 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 1,067 66% 1,067 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 C732) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 118 91% 115 fps	MRender 169 Gravity 121 Splatting 97.3 102% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 256GB 6,980 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 89GB free Firmware: SBFM91.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 426 434 422 431 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 442 Mixed 328 SusWrite 426 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 30.9 125% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 193 185% 288 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 108%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 45 42 44 56 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 69.3 Mixed 47 SusWrite 47.4 41% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 207 208 219 214 216 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 156 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 211 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 7,847 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.6% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 23.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 104%

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

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,770x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,753x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,850x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,292x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	651x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,920x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $548

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16