MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.8% 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	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190917
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '20 at 17:25
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 72.9 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 176 66% 116 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 526 52% 424 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% PowerColor(148C 2388) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.8% Very good	Lighting 85.9 Reflection 87 Parallax 138 70% 104 fps	MRender 86.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 124 87% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 66 79 67 96 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 440 Write 102 Mixed 219 SusWrite 79.7 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 33 117% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 177 151% 228 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 239GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1646 1629 1629 1620 1631 1622 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,086 Write 1615 Mixed 1,668 SusWrite 1,630 393% 1,750 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 58.4 198% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 716 DQ Write 485 DQ Mixed 708 500% 636 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 410%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 704GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 147 146 147 147 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 106 Write 86.2 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 146 66% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 577GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 151 151 152 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 114 Write 87.7 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 151 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 27.2 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 94.9 42% 94.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 88%

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Gaming 98%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,767x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,753x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,850x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,291x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	650x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,920x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	976x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $548

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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