MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '21 at 11:06
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3400G-$98 93,718 User benchmarks, average bench 68% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 72.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 239 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 689 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics 47,368 User benchmarks, average bench 16% AMD(1002 15D8) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 31.8 18% 23.3 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 26.2 Splatting 15.9 14% 17.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Netac NVME SSD 240GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 136% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0918A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1190 1244 1248 1272 1224 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,279 Write 1,199 Mixed 911 SusWrite 1,058 250% 1,112 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 25.6 174% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 833 DQ Mixed 360 343% 522 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 193%
WD My Passport 0828 2TB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0828 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 38 38 38 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 38.4 Write 37.1 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 37.6 47% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 42%
General USB Flash Disk 32GB 3,571 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 21GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 21 21 24 22 21 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 84.6 Write 24.6 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 22.7 50% 43.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 53% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.5% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 26.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 24.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 96.2 42% 96.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	75	27"	1280 720	AOC2702 27V2G5

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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	1,533x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $129Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	911x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	576x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	599x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	412x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	308x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	174x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	170x
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	511x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	284x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	137x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $472

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16