MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	173% 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	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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '21 at 17:21
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 67.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 230 76% 139 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 650 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1633 MHz, MLim: 1842 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Lighting 87.3 Reflection 96.7 Parallax 85.2 71% 89.7 fps	MRender 84 Gravity 84.7 Splatting 75.2 66% 81.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 585GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1305 116 226 139 269 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,319 Write 1,804 Mixed 1,291 SusWrite 364 269% 1,194 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 68.1 218% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 738 DQ Write 603 DQ Mixed 795 561% 712 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 305%
Seagate ST2000NM0053-1C1175 2TB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: SS04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 59 53 58 59 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 12.7 Write 58 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 55.5 27% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 68% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 106%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 111 110 109 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 108 Write 98.5 Mixed 57.9 SusWrite 109 69% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KD48GU880-32A160U 4x8GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 24.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 23 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 113%

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 19,169 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	7,770x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,753x
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	1,292x
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	523x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,920x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $548

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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