MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.6% 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	191% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '20 at 23:47
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 70.3 1-Core 152 2-Core 300 92% 174 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 815 82% 664 Pts	64-Core 1,017 63% 1,017 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 118 Parallax 119 96% 118 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 94.5 Splatting 84.4 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 506GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1848 989 992 998 995 990 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,155 Write 2,284 Mixed 1,442 SusWrite 1,135 342% 1,504 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 58.7 186% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 557 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 349 265% 368 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 284%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 247GB free Firmware: CC4D SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 176 177 179 176 180 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 132 Write 108 Mixed 91.2 SusWrite 177 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 60GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 76 78 79 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 83 Write 81 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 76.6 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 73%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 388GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 61.2 Write 22.3 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 25.6 25% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66% Good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 26 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 23.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 107%

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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	1,846x

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	1,114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	650x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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: 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) $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