MSI MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.9% 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	81.6% 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	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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C81
Motherboard	MSI MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81) (all builds)
Memory	17.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201104
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 08 '22 at 00:16
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	62%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700KF-$200 37,394 User benchmarks, average bench 96% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 800 75% 623 Pts	64-Core 1,496 93% 1,496 Pts
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 101 Parallax 105 89% 105 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 86.8 82% 102 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 295 207 207 161 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 394 Write 371 Mixed 231 SusWrite 210 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 42.2 117% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 244 210% 312 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 117%
WD Green SN350 1TB 10,028 User benchmarks, average bench 262% 844GB free Firmware: 33006000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 924 1195 1483 978 1229 1302 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,732 Write 1,860 Mixed 1,277 SusWrite 1,185 340% 1,514 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 62.4 174% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 973 DQ Write 701 DQ Mixed 918 664% 864 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 350%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 269GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 115 124 102 110 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 107 Write 76.5 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 110 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 112%
Jmicron Tech 1TB 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 722GB free Firmware: 0203 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 99 101 100 98 98 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 57.4 Write 91.3 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 98.5 57% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.5 133% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 76%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 188GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 70 69 66 62 62 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 10.2 Write 55.5 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 65.9 55% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-030.A00G 029E CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 9905625-030.A00G 029E CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.8% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 21.9 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns

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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%

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Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

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 $274Bench 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 $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 $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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