MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.7% 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	279% 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 (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 10:30
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$179 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 69.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 80% 148 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 834 78% 648 Pts	64-Core 1,261 78% 1,261 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 4075 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Lighting 93.2 Reflection 93.7 Parallax 87.9 76% 91.6 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 83.6 Splatting 76.2 75% 94.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 773 634 601 575 559 554 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,528 Write 2,236 Mixed 1,491 SusWrite 616 383% 1,718 MB/s	4K Read 66.4 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 89.2 303% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,102 DQ Write 977 DQ Mixed 1,020 770% 1,033 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 74GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 439 433 435 434 434 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 434 Mixed 331 SusWrite 435 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 42.7 160% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 151 164% 275 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$51 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 154GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 489 488 487 372 375 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 486 Mixed 434 SusWrite 450 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 62.6 209% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 371 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 358GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 113 113 115 114 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 144 Write 130 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 112 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$50 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 26.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 26.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 120%

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Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,804x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $179Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,764x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,859x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,447x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,300x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	653x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	531x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	528x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,930x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	980x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	757x

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Value: 120% - Outstanding

Total price: $514

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16