MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.7% 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	193% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '20 at 03:11
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 89.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 303 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 904 88% 721 Pts	64-Core 1,143 71% 1,143 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 108 Parallax 92.3 80% 99.2 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 91.8 Splatting 95.2 77% 93.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB 15,006 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 216 177 166 161 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,483 Write 915 Mixed 960 SusWrite 204 197% 891 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 76.9 279% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 685 DQ Write 916 DQ Mixed 578 498% 726 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 199%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 34GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 402 436 439 426 420 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 327 Mixed 332 SusWrite 392 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 44.8 166% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 154 166% 277 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 682GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 101 105 105 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 98.5 71% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 44,547 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 36.9 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 27.7 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 36.4 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 116%

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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	7,767x
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	1,291x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	650x
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 $40Bench 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: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $543

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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