MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	143% 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	132% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201130
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '21 at 23:55
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 73.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 91% 171 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 826 83% 672 Pts	64-Core 1,063 66% 1,063 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$600 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Nvidia(10DE 14B2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	143% Outstanding	Lighting 202 Reflection 193 Parallax 181 164% 192 fps	MRender 229 Gravity 149 Splatting 123 132% 167 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$60 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 485 488 492 386 356 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 491 Mixed 461 SusWrite 448 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 65.1 217% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 371 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 130%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 246 240 245 240 242 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 76% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown R017D408GX2-3600C18A 2x8GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 29.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 29.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 92.7 43% 92.7 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 32: 3R 4G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
32%	28%	43	109	6	165	27"	1920 1080	AUS27C3 ASUS VG27V

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Typical B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 5,927 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 87%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 82%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,528x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $154Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	905x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	572x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	596x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	407x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	306x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	174x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	169x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	510x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	283x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	137x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $486

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