MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, 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.
Boot Drive	235% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '20 at 16:47
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 2600-$140 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 716 71% 577 Pts	64-Core 944 58% 944 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 21C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.8% Very good	Lighting 85 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 73 69% 79.8 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 80.7 Splatting 76.3 74% 92.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Viper M.2 VPN100 1TB 3,813 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 801GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1851 990 993 990 988 998 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,423 Write 2,536 Mixed 1,592 SusWrite 1,135 379% 1,671 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 69 225% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,000 DQ Write 725 DQ Mixed 896 660% 874 MB/s
Poor: 156% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 287%
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 47GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 55 55 55 47 8.6 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 306 Write 109 Mixed 204 SusWrite 79.1 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 24.4 115% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 136 134% 209 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 476GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 161 157 161 161 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 79.6 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 160 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$25 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 64GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 119 116 118 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 103 Write 94.7 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 118 70% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 3x8GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 32.9 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.9 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 28.7 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,877x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,783x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $190Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,875x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,462x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,313x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,128x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	656x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	537x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	531x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,946x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	990x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	762x

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