MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.8% 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	130% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '20 at 00:14
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 71.1 1-Core 145 2-Core 288 89% 168 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 818 83% 672 Pts	64-Core 1,041 64% 1,041 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 94.8 Parallax 86.4 84% 94.7 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 92.2 Splatting 80.1 75% 93.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 888GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 472 479 477 478 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 485 Mixed 445 SusWrite 476 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 65.2 217% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 289 216% 286 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
OCZ ARC 100 480GB-$70 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 446GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 427 367 434 374 439 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 435 Mixed 315 SusWrite 412 89% 393 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 37.4 148% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 228 195% 286 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 408GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 1.7 35 37 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	9.04% Terrible	Read 1.3 Write 13.2 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 30.2 8% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 9.04% Great: 76%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 234GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 63 63 63 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 63.3 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 62.9 43% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 44%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 172GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 114 113 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 114 Write 111 Mixed 73 SusWrite 114 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 69%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 5GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 1.1 1.1 1.7 1.5 2.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	5.56% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 5.2 Mixed 8 SusWrite 1.7 10% 9.18 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 1.5 79% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 5.56% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.8% Good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 26.8 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 24 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 98.9 40% 98.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 104%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,759x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,749x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,846x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,436x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,289x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	650x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $74Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	522x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,916x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	975x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $542

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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