MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive286% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)  (all builds)
Memory9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200609
Uptime3.2 Days
Run DateOct 15 '21 at 20:18
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing below expectations (38th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$84
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
79.1% Very good
Memory 68.3
1-Core 148
2-Core 289
89% 169 Pts
4-Core 482
8-Core 786
78% 634 Pts
64-Core 1,050
65% 1,050 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270
EVGA(3842 3656) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 472.12
Performing below potential (62nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 118
Parallax 123
108% 125 fps
MRender 143
Gravity 104
Splatting 85.2
88% 111 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 101%
Great: 106%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 712 671 671 672 660 641 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
286% Outstanding
Read 2,571
Write 2,399
Mixed 1804
SusWrite 671
416% 1,861 MB/s
4K Read 65.8
4K Write 157
4K Mixed 88.5
296% 104 MB/s
DQ Read 1,238
DQ Write 1,023
DQ Mixed 1,074
820% 1,112 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 286%
Great: 355%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
65.1% Good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 17.8
MC Mixed 24.9
67% 23.4 GB/s
SC Read 20.1
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 23
58% 20.3 GB/s
Latency 105
38% 105 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 65.1%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 19,142 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 112% - Outstanding Total price: $544
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