MSI MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.2% 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	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C81
Motherboard	MSI MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81) (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '20 at 19:50
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$233 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 84 1-Core 147 2-Core 291 94% 174 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 924 88% 727 Pts	64-Core 1,570 97% 1,570 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 94.4 Parallax 86.1 82% 93.8 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 89.3 Splatting 77.7 73% 91.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 38 145 149 229 222 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.3% Below average	Read 135 Write 5 Mixed 92.1 SusWrite 136 20% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 0.1 76% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 66.7 DQ Write 81.7 DQ Mixed 0.2 21% 49.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 79GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 487 484 485 483 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 483 Mixed 354 SusWrite 485 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 45.6 169% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 329 256% 352 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 119%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 748GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 197 198 195 195 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 143 Write 161 Mixed 31 SusWrite 196 96% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 2.1 390% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 21.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 114%

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

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $56Bench 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: $523

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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