MSI X299 TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7B05)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	218% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B05
Motherboard	MSI X299 TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7B05) (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170605
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '18 at 06:00
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$455 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 76.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 83% 153 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 1,005 89% 755 Pts	64-Core 1,690 105% 1,690 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 208GB free Firmware: DXT07B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16618 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2780 (B1) Unknown 90 90 117 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B5) Unknown 99 99 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 54 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 111 (EB) Unknown 99 99 198 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34599641419	56.4% Above average	Read 466 Write 241 Mixed 165 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 10.1 42% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 23.3 74% 162 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 85%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,904 Write 1,116 Mixed 1,136 306% 1,385 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 34.1 176% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 543 DQ Write 427 DQ Mixed 193 224% 388 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 236%
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 64GB free Firmware: X211222 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11307 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1774 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 166 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 118 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 39 167505035296 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6 (F1) Unknown 253 253 491140084 (F2) Unknown 253 253 69900678057 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	76.7% Very good	Read 432 Write 198 Mixed 288 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 22.6 115% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 425 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 44.3 100% 213 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 89%
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 64GB free Firmware: X211222 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11339 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1811 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 392 (A9) Unknown 100 100 137 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 277 (AE) Unknown 100 100 128 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 43 184684904482 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2327 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2327 (F1) Unknown 253 253 68599933971 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2839330463 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	75% Very good	Read 429 Write 190 Mixed 289 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 21.2 112% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 423 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 52.2 103% 215 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 551GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 50254776 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6017 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22562264 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2766 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 56 639041574 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 248 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 66268 (C2) HDA temperature 38 44 81604378662 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -40797894334111 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23656203284 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24795868456	99.3% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 158 Mixed 148 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.25 77% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 256GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 63 63 2469436 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 373 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42396549 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1620 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 639041574 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 376 (C2) HDA temperature 38 21 90194313254 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 1 2469436 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 304942679571 (F1) Unknown 100 253 130630860909 (F2) Unknown 100 253 207424517	74.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 130 Mixed 126 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.32 101% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 256GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 68 63 7002136 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 372 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 41715808 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1620 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 622264357 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 375 (C2) HDA temperature 37 21 90194313253 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 2 7002136 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 59708635350548 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3378732389 (F2) Unknown 100 253 127409028622	67.6% Good	Read 116 Write 119 Mixed 105 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.31 98% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.2% Above average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 15 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 10.2 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 164%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7B05)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	75x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	52x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	46x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	26x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	15x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	15x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	9x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 241%, 38,097 samples	9x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	55x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	30x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	28x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $859

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