MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C91
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220317
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '22 at 01:56
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	85%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 5600G-$129 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 68.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 72% 131 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 778 72% 604 Pts	64-Core 994 62% 994 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3816) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 144 Parallax 194 104% 155 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 143 Splatting 96.9 95% 118 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,496 Write 2,104 Mixed 1,544 454% 2,048 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 76.8 252% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1007 DQ Write 861 DQ Mixed 962 714% 944 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$88 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 446GB free Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2184 2188 2183 2171 1290 760 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	328% Outstanding	Read 2,405 Write 2180 Mixed 2108 SusWrite 1,796 477% 2,122 MB/s	4K Read 61.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 75 249% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 1,108 DQ Write 891 DQ Mixed 993 745% 997 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 328% Great: 442%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 44,547 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 27 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 21.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 116%

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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 $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	5,227x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	3,432x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	1,672x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,728x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	1,382x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,365x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,117x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	761x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	725x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	706x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	691x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	348x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $848

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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