MSI X299 TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.7% 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	251% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B05
Motherboard	MSI X299 TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7B05) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171122
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 03:18
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 87.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 897 89% 728 Pts	64-Core 1,182 73% 1,182 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 127 Parallax 107 102% 120 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 109 Splatting 110 89% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,348 Write 1,151 Mixed 1,342 355% 1,614 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 43.4 212% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 649 DQ Write 423 DQ Mixed 222 250% 431 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 62GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8211 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2334 (B1) Unknown 97 97 31 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 67 50 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1312 (EB) Unknown 99 99 141 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25284311057	94.9% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 346 Mixed 356 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 26.7 136% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 83.6 121% 228 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4TB free Firmware: DN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 64 56652521 (03) Spinup time 86 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 93 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 81563543 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 92389041504567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (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 60 53 689176616 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 811 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 137 (C2) HDA temperature 40 47 81604378664 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 56652521 (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 114039971643698 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5837395561 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15112203769	79% Very good	Read 155 Write 119 Mixed 114 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 4.12 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.32 231% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 546GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155752944 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3724 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25247698 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2324 (B7) Unknown 26 26 74 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 588447777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51011 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 55834574881 (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 -134187663225016 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7962870985 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22534772452	101% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 183 Mixed 160 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.32 109% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

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 @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 17.8 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 10.9 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 97%

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Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

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 $420Bench 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 $110Bench 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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $811

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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