MSI MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.5% 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	211% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C81
Motherboard	MSI MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211025
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '21 at 01:37
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400F-$99 153,026 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 232 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 736 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 1,010 62% 1,010 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% XFX(1682 5710) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 21.10.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 127 Parallax 164 92% 135 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 115 Splatting 78.9 78% 97.9 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 753 460 425 430 430 430 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,573 Write 1,576 Mixed 1,138 SusWrite 488 267% 1,194 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 74.5 262% 97.8 MB/s	DQ Read 981 DQ Write 675 DQ Mixed 878 642% 845 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 237%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$239 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 9TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 241 242 243 242 241 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 1,983 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 27.7 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 27.2 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 115%

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Typical MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81) Builds (Compare 1,994 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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