MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	40.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201203
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '20 at 22:28
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 66.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 79% 147 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 744 72% 592 Pts	64-Core 1,179 73% 1,179 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 146 Parallax 188 108% 155 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 93.9 93% 116 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 81 78 79 88 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.4% Average	Read 274 Write 76.5 Mixed 104 SusWrite 82.3 29% 134 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 13.5 48% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 86.3 DQ Mixed 51.8 80% 160 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 85%
Vaseky V900/256G 256GB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 71GB free Firmware: V9002s25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1129 1123 227 98 106 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,962 Write 925 Mixed 875 SusWrite 465 233% 1,057 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 53.2 196% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 396 DQ Write 763 DQ Mixed 470 388% 543 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 193%
WD WD10JPCX-24UE4T0 1TB 40,989 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 797GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 108 107 107 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 108 68% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMWX16GC3200C16W2E 2x16GB 1,287 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	67.7% Good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 27.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 25.4 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 121%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,772x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,756x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,851x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,295x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	651x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	524x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,921x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	752x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $543

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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