MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 103% UFO


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200917
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '21 at 01:41
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 5 3600-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 68.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 91% 172 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 890 87% 715 Pts	64-Core 1,103 68% 1,103 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 8712) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 178 Parallax 197 145% 184 fps	MRender 198 Gravity 160 Splatting 116 125% 158 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 899GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 146 109 138 163 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 173 Write 171 Mixed 108 SusWrite 137 109% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 109%
General UDisk 16GB 4,718 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 10GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 5.8 7.3 5.6 6.1 5.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	2.82% Terrible	Read 7 Write 2 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 5.9 6% 5.03 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.82% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70% Good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 26.8 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 25.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 104%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 5,927 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 82%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,528x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $155Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	905x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	572x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	596x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	407x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	306x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	174x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	169x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	510x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	283x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	137x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $486

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