MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (4th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 96 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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	43.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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 (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '22 at 03:56
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing way below expectations (4^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 way below expectations (4^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 71.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 201 69% 124 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 675 63% 527 Pts	64-Core 1,006 62% 1,006 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% ASRock(1849 5216) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.20.16 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 133 Parallax 221 91% 155 fps	MRender 208 Gravity 110 Splatting 139 122% 152 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 56 60 55 55 53 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.7% Average	Read 268 Write 65.8 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 56.6 26% 120 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 17.6 82% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 59.1 DQ Mixed 81.6 68% 100 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 121%
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$88 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 78GB free Firmware: 1B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,926 Write 1,972 Mixed 1,820 426% 1,906 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 80.5 242% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,202 DQ Write 911 DQ Mixed 1,009 767% 1,041 MB/s
Poor: 206% Great: 442%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBD BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBD BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 40GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 16384, 16384, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.1% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 26.1 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 17.6 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 98.3 41% 98.3 ns

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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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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,759x
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	1,114x

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 $74Bench 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 $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