MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


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 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '20 at 08:41
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 84.3 1-Core 155 2-Core 310 98% 183 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 1,017 98% 804 Pts	64-Core 1,463 90% 1,463 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Zotac(19DA 5527) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.1% Good	Lighting 86.6 Reflection 85.5 Parallax 79.6 71% 83.9 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 68.2 66% 83.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB 18,375 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,021 Write 2,213 Mixed 1,713 443% 1,982 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 75.9 271% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,349 DQ Write 1122 DQ Mixed 1,209 913% 1,227 MB/s
Poor: 182% Great: 296%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 494GB 352 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 88GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 355 356 348 349 343 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 492 Mixed 455 SusWrite 370 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 66.5 222% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 372 280% 374 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GB 73,741 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	101% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 40.9 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 29.1 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 41.3 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,771x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,755x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,850x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,294x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

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	524x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,921x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x
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 $178	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