MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.1% 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	285% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '20 at 08:42
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 below expectations (33^rd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 69.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 301 92% 174 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 927 87% 722 Pts	64-Core 1,379 85% 1,379 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 6527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 118 Parallax 109 95% 115 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 81.6 83% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 736GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1151 1103 1107 1058 1046 1018 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2346 Write 2,218 Mixed 1,568 SusWrite 1,080 404% 1,803 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 72.4 238% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,215 DQ Write 1,070 DQ Mixed 1,133 852% 1,139 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 372%
Team T25 3A3001T 1TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 600GB free Firmware: 4103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 317 282 339 351 326 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 293 Write 344 Mixed 37.9 SusWrite 328 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 0.5 22% 9.33 MB/s	DQ Read 16.8 DQ Write 41 DQ Mixed 13.6 15% 23.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 78%
TRON: Legacy 4GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 3 2.9 3 2.8 3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.84% Terrible	Read 17 Write 2 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 2.9 6% 6.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 4.84% Great: 5%
Generic Flash Disk 32GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 19GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 12.2 Mixed 1.7 5% 6.95 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.4% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 25.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 22.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 110%

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Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,772x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,759x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,851x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,295x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,116x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	651x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	526x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,922x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	978x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	752x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $543

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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