MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.9% 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	263% 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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210413
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '21 at 14:57
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 81.3 1-Core 148 2-Core 297 94% 175 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 900 92% 744 Pts	64-Core 1,103 68% 1,103 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E426) ≥ 4GB Ram: 6GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 121 Parallax 166 93% 133 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 118 Splatting 85.7 81% 101 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1492 831 838 816 841 838 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 1,598 Write 1,760 Mixed 1,406 SusWrite 943 321% 1,427 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 82.6 290% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,306 DQ Write 1,015 DQ Mixed 1,127 852% 1,149 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 276%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 139GB free Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 368 373 349 357 285 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 494 Mixed 399 SusWrite 366 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 54 190% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 256 218% 321 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 675GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 154 157 145 158 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 136 Write 162 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 154 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$160 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 38.6 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 26.7 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 39.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 114%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,756x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,749x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,845x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,436x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,289x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,111x

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	522x

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: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $544

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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