MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.4% 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	78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C91
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200903
Uptime	15.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '21 at 04:13
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 67.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 73% 133 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 628 62% 509 Pts	64-Core 902 56% 902 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 81%

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: 457.51 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.4% Very good	Lighting 95.2 Reflection 95.3 Parallax 87.2 78% 92.6 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 89.9 Splatting 76.9 71% 88.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841N 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,088 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM03D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 186 203 160 157 155 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 469 Write 243 Mixed 288 SusWrite 167 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 34.4 113% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 162 162% 262 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 108%
Wd_black SN750 2TB 4,264 User benchmarks, average bench 268% 279GB free Firmware: 112000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1858 1298 457 482 471 483 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,877 Write 1,883 Mixed 1,692 SusWrite 841 353% 1,573 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 54.2 184% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 898 DQ Write 594 DQ Mixed 821 592% 771 MB/s
Poor: 190% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 347%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 26.2 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 21.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 103%

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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	1,370x

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 $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