MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.8% 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	181% 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.

Very high background CPU (78%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C91
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210629
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '22 at 17:12
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	78%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$160 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 233 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 886 70% 616 Pts	64-Core 1,401 87% 1,401 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$334 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% PowerColor(148C 2412) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.8.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.8% Outstanding	Lighting 106 Reflection 84.4 Parallax 54.1 87% 81.6 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 29.4 Splatting 168 105% 124 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kioxia-exceria PLUS SSD 1TB 434 User benchmarks, average bench 247% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFA10.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1126 941 1050 935 879 798 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,356 Write 2,249 Mixed 1,120 SusWrite 955 321% 1420 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 24.7 137% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 824 DQ Write 429 DQ Mixed 829 562% 694 MB/s
Poor: 169% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 304%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: 0401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 118 119 119 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 135 Write 120 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 118 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 73%
Freecom Mobile Drive XXS 2TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID fca9 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 36 36 36 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 33.1 Write 35.4 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 35.8 47% 34 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 87% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 32.6 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 7.7 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 110%

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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) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	5,296x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $170Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	3,484x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $160Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	1,697x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,750x
RTX 3060Nvidia $226Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,402x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	1,400x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,136x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $89Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	769x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 385%, 327,441 samples	734x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	715x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	697x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	354x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $903

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