MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.3% 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	252% 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	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210203
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '21 at 22:58
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 67.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 289 87% 166 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 921 88% 727 Pts	64-Core 1,440 89% 1,440 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% XFX(1682 5705) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.10.2 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 111 Parallax 148 82% 120 fps	MRender 90.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 75 72% 89.1 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 SE NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 17,877 User benchmarks, average bench 247% 538GB free (System drive) Firmware: 711130WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2552 2535 1624 206 215 196 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 1,157 Write 2,584 Mixed 1,773 SusWrite 1,221 384% 1,684 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 77.2 277% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1246 DQ Write 819 DQ Mixed 1,071 788% 1,045 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 333%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 46GB free Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 468 470 470 466 453 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 455 Mixed 400 SusWrite 462 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 42.7 157% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 197 177% 263 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 100GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 98 116 114 110 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 124 Write 155 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 108 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 190% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 381GB free Firmware: CC56 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 112 111 111 111 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 191 Write 156 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 112 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.3% Good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 25.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 23.9 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 110%

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

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,759x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,749x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,847x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,437x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,289x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	650x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $74Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,916x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	975x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $542

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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