MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	99.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '21 at 18:57
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 76.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 729 74% 599 Pts	64-Core 964 60% 964 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 87F3) ≥ 4GB; ASUS ROG Strix NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 118 Parallax 123 107% 124 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 104 Splatting 89.6 88% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 191 158 147 141 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 470 Mixed 399 SusWrite 188 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 52.7 175% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 297 224% 299 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 124%
Sandisk G5 BICS4 1TB 7,638 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 220GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 364 362 363 357 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 411 Mixed 280 SusWrite 336 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 48 151% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 248 214% 317 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 442GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 108 108 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 99.6 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 108 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 62%
Multi Flash Reader 8GB 2,367 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 7GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 20.2 Write 13.5 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 13.6 20% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.1 144% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 4x8GB 25,190 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 26.7 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 28.1 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 87.4 46% 87.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 113%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 41: 8R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
41%	64%	14	308	260	144	26.9"	1920 1080	MSI1462 Optix G27C2

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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