MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.6% 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	239% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 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	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '21 at 00:34
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 68.2 1-Core 154 2-Core 308 92% 177 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 1,001 97% 799 Pts	64-Core 1,425 88% 1,425 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3790) CLim: 2325 MHz, MLim: 2150 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 99.2 Parallax 94.7 84% 98.8 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 81.8 66% 80.2 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 806GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1034 857 828 829 834 834 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,584 Write 1,751 Mixed 1,371 SusWrite 869 314% 1,394 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 77.9 272% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,299 DQ Write 416 DQ Mixed 74.5 260% 596 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 276%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 580GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 442 474 475 476 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 476 Mixed 412 SusWrite 431 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 53.8 180% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 227 210% 324 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 125%
General UDisk 32GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 29GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.3 4.9 0 10 7.6 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	7.06% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 11.7 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 7 20% 15.4 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 45% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.06% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 92,358 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.1% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 26.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 26.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 114%

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

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 82%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,531x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	906x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	574x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	598x
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 $95Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	511x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	283x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	137x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $477

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 $179	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