MSI X299 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.6% 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	94.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B05
Motherboard	MSI X299 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B05) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 22:04
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 223 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 908 80% 682 Pts	64-Core 1,278 79% 1,278 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 113 89% 112 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 88.5 76% 93.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4424 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1753 (B1) Unknown 96 96 118 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 1 1 4294966803 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9562458573	94.2% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 344 Mixed 412 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 22.9 134% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 63.9 118% 234 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 110%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 6125 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4775 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2265 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23769 (C2) HDA temperature 120 89 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 146 Write 141 Mixed 125 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.24 109% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 140 9566 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5476 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7613 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2916 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26847 (C2) HDA temperature 120 91 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	63.3% Good	Read 119 Write 101 Mixed 109 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.18 78% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 607GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 17 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 19 (C2) HDA temperature 112 108 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	79.7% Very good	Read 141 Write 136 Mixed 125 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.26 135% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.7% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 10.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 10.8 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 97%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical X299 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B05) Builds (Compare 183 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI X299 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B05)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	45x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	45x
Core i7-7740XIntel $281Bench 87%, 5,094 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	22x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	16x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	15x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	12x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	10x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	8x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	38x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	30x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	16x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $859

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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