MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.9% 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	136% 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	4.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200422
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '20 at 07:03
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 77.6 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 92% 171 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 831 81% 663 Pts	64-Core 1,029 64% 1,029 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 86B0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 102 Parallax 94.3 88% 102 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 87.8 Splatting 76.8 76% 95.3 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM13.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 534 341 307 131 294 362 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 605 Write 1,265 Mixed 480 SusWrite 328 152% 670 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 49.1 199% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 930 DQ Write 474 DQ Mixed 671 506% 691 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 262%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 111GB free Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 456 457 464 468 366 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 456 Mixed 345 SusWrite 444 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 38.8 149% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 170 162% 249 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 102%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 75GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 145 170 169 168 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 507 Write 492 Mixed 386 SusWrite 182 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 38.4 141% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 193 156% 226 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$65 38,251 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 28.9 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 27.5 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 85.1 47% 85.1 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 122%

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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	1,858x

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	1,119x

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	527x

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