MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics11.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive37.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.
Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit barev
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200609
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 14 '21 at 21:16
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 48%

 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 75.4
1-Core 115
2-Core 234
78% 142 Pts
4-Core 462
8-Core 683
71% 573 Pts
64-Core 878
54% 878 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 5770
Gigabyte(1458 21E3) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
11.4% Very poor
Lighting 15.4
Reflection 14.2
Parallax 13.8
13% 14.5 fps
MRender 11.6
Gravity 12.2
Splatting 10
9% 11.3 fps
Poor: 10%
This bench: 11.4%
Great: 11%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Apacer AS350 120GB
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N1209B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 121 57 109 98 26 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
37.2% Below average
Read 432
Write 141
Mixed 158
SusWrite 84.6
45% 204 MB/s
4K Read 13.3
4K Write 46.6
4K Mixed 3.1
49% 21 MB/s
DQ Read 39.1
DQ Write 17.8
DQ Mixed 6.6
11% 21.2 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 37.2%
Great: 82%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
76.7% Very good
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 27.7
MC Mixed 25.7
79% 27.6 GB/s
SC Read 20.5
SC Write 27.2
SC Mixed 22.6
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 89.4
45% 89.4 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 76.7%
Great: 100%

 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 19,136 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: $542
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