MSI MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C81
Motherboard	MSI MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '21 at 22:58
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 i5-10400-$117 71,804 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 798 78% 641 Pts	64-Core 1025 63% 1025 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75% Very good	Lighting 94.8 Reflection 90.5 Parallax 84.3 77% 89.9 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 81.4 Splatting 72.3 70% 88.6 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253X2512G 512GB 14,867 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0703A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 162 46 42 58 59 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 502 Write 380 Mixed 388 SusWrite 130 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 23.3 119% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 33.9 85% 173 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 212 215 214 214 209 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 143 Write 192 Mixed 77 SusWrite 209 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%
Seagate Basic 4TB 793 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9340 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 134 138 144 144 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 90.7 Write 122 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 136 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.8 198% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3600 2x8GB 18,355 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 19.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 112%

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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 $99Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	532x
Core i5-10400Intel $117Bench 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 $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) $35	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