MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics76.3% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)  (all builds)
Memory8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200609
Uptime4.2 Days
Run DateMay 04 '21 at 09:02
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 69.6
1-Core 150
2-Core 304
92% 175 Pts
4-Core 558
8-Core 913
90% 736 Pts
64-Core 1,430
88% 1,430 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300
Asus(1043 04EC) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.11.3
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
76.3% Very good
Lighting 98.9
Reflection 104
Parallax 142
81% 115 fps
MRender 85.4
Gravity 97.4
Splatting 70.8
68% 84.5 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
319GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 490 491 491 395 284 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
127% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 492
Mixed 463
SusWrite 440
107% 477 MB/s
4K Read 43
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 58.4
201% 72.2 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 364
DQ Mixed 372
280% 375 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 127%
Great: 129%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30
641GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA7S0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 131 117 121 151 136 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
84% Excellent
Read 161
Write 174
Mixed 36.7
SusWrite 131
91% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.5
124% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 84%
Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
133GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 107 109 110 111 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Read 193
Write 175
Mixed 85.6
SusWrite 109
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
64% Good
MC Read 25.9
MC Write 17.9
MC Mixed 25.2
66% 23 GB/s
SC Read 18.5
SC Write 17.3
SC Mixed 22.7
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 64%
Great: 110%

 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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