MSI MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


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 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	81.1% 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	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.

High background CPU (29%). 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, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C81
Motherboard	MSI MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81) (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200723
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '21 at 17:13
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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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
Intel Core i5-10400-$130 71,804 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 83.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 205 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 766 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 965 60% 965 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 160 Parallax 156 146% 165 fps	MRender 155 Gravity 119 Splatting 96.9 98% 124 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 146 54 54 39 41 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 465 Write 420 Mixed 384 SusWrite 80.2 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 39.2 140% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 246 206% 297 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 91%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 83GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 89 98 101 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 158 Write 155 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 98.2 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 107%

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 @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.1% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.1 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 16.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 120%

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

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 81%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81)

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel $99Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	532x
Core i5-10400Intel $130Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	266x
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	194x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	219x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	164x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	160x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	74x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	54x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	67x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	66x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	53x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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