MSI MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.8% 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	113% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C81
Motherboard	MSI MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '21 at 00:44
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-10100-$94 24,563 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 194 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 688 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6278) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 109 Parallax 103 91% 108 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 104 Splatting 101 82% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB431D51 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 257 147 158 172 200 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 736 Mixed 1,001 SusWrite 229 139% 611 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 65.3 184% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 510 DQ Write 430 DQ Mixed 513 373% 485 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 190 196 196 188 194 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 113 Write 158 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 191 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 41% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3200 2x8GB 16,423 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 23.7 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 26.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 1: 0R 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
1%	5%	19	108	5	144	27"	1536 864	MSI3CA7 MSI MAG274

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 81%

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

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	534x
Core i5-10400Intel $125Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	266x
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	197x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	220x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	165x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 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 $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	52x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $531

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16