MSI MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	170% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 months ago, 8 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C81
Motherboard	MSI MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '23 at 16:38
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 44.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 282 79% 156 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 926 88% 729 Pts	64-Core 1,200 74% 1,200 Pts
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C759) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 537.34 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63.8% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 96.3 Parallax 63.5 62% 78.6 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 68.2 67% 84.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MSI M371 500GB 564 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 261GB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFMC0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1038 188 144 157 156 103 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,106 Write 1100 Mixed 1,013 SusWrite 298 197% 879 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 75.2 267% 98.4 MB/s	DQ Read 458 DQ Write 672 DQ Mixed 572 431% 568 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 255%
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$23 12,447 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 113GB free Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 567 160 130 164 145 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,627 Write 944 Mixed 540 SusWrite 220 183% 833 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 46 222% 87 MB/s	DQ Read 770 DQ Write 456 DQ Mixed 521 413% 582 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 228%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 113GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 188 178 178 160 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 185 Mixed 82 SusWrite 172 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5734-035.A00G 1x16GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 800 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	MC Read 5.1 MC Write 5.3 MC Mixed 4.7 14% 5.03 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 5.4 15% 5.23 GB/s	Latency 174 23% 174 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 49%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	58	144	23.5"	1920 1017	AOC2401 24G1WG4

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: MSI MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81)

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	537x
Core i5-10400Intel $130Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	267x
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	197x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	221x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	165x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	160x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	75x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	54x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	52x

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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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