MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	411% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C91
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210115
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '23 at 21:35
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X-$260 60,132 User benchmarks, average bench 99% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 72.2 1-Core 159 2-Core 320 96% 184 Pts	4-Core 607 8-Core 1,037 100% 822 Pts	64-Core 2,105 130% 2,105 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	62.5% Good	Lighting 67.4 Reflection 105 Parallax 98.8 55% 90.3 fps	MRender 90.6 Gravity 96 Splatting 95 77% 93.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$107 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 789GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2874 2917 2854 2848 1618 1622 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	411% Outstanding	Read 2,769 Write 3308 Mixed 3,024 SusWrite 2,456 653% 2,889 MB/s	4K Read 74.5 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 102 332% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,215 DQ Write 875 DQ Mixed 1,078 797% 1,056 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 411% Great: 488%
USB2.0 FlashDisk 1GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 7788 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 11 Write 4.5 Mixed 5.8 8% 7.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 19% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C14 2x8GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 25.3 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 15.6 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 96.3 42% 96.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 140%

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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) - $129

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	5,278x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $170Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	3,467x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	1,692x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,744x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	1,395x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,391x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,129x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	763x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	731x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	711x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	693x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	350x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $896

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16