MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.58% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	104% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C91
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200903
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '21 at 00:50
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 73.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 91% 171 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 845 86% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,067 66% 1,067 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 2059) 2GB CLim: 972 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.58% Terrible	Lighting 10.6 Reflection 15.8 Parallax 11 9% 12.5 fps	MRender 16.5 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 13.4 11% 14.1 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.58% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 615GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 298 294 292 293 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 461 Mixed 227 SusWrite 298 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 44.3 164% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 232 202% 302 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 691GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 97 97 96 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 86.6 Write 68.4 Mixed 54.4 SusWrite 96.7 56% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G30C15U4B.M8FE 2x8GB 1,427 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 29.9 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 29 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 94.4 42% 94.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 112%

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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 142%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91) - $140

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	5,233x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	3,436x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	1,672x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,729x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	1,383x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,369x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,119x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	762x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	725x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	707x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	692x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	349x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $844

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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