MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	127% 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	200% 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). 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, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '21 at 05:36
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 3600-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 597 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 2085) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 4125 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 163 Parallax 183 138% 171 fps	MRender 200 Gravity 152 Splatting 126 127% 159 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 668 533 537 520 501 578 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,835 Write 1,550 Mixed 1,131 SusWrite 556 283% 1,268 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 49.3 170% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 1,020 DQ Write 802 DQ Mixed 886 670% 903 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 340%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 2,712 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 292GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 324 340 338 322 433 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 316 Write 366 Mixed 219 SusWrite 343 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 16.8 75% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 217 193% 290 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 141 148 145 142 153 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 122 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 144 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$50 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 34.7 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 29.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 120%

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,758x
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	1,111x

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 $73Bench 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 $275	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