MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	17.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	10.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '23 at 18:28
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X-$260 141,122 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.25 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 79.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 266 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 887 85% 702 Pts	64-Core 1,394 86% 1,394 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 87F7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 531.68 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.8% Very good	Lighting 92.3 Reflection 82.6 Parallax 88.3 75% 87.7 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 61.5 62% 78.7 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,304 Write 1,446 Mixed 1,094 286% 1,281 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 57.7 213% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,232 DQ Write 866 DQ Mixed 951 737% 1,017 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 237%
Adata SU650 253GB 599 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 177GB free Firmware: Q0810B SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 368 378 372 373 375 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 376 Write 372 Mixed 342 SusWrite 361 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 40.3 138% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 216 188% 277 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GVKB F4-3200C16-8GFX F4-3200C16-8GVKB F4-3200C16-8GFX 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 36.6 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 33.3 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $75Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,895x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $177Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,789x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $190Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,882x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,465x
RX 5700-XTAMD $150Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,316x
RTX 3070Nvidia $497Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,131x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	657x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	538x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	531x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,952x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	992x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	763x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $534

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