MSI X299 TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	256% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B05
Motherboard	MSI X299 TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7B05) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '18 at 15:25
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7920X-$250 5,430 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 79.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 90% 167 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 1,116 99% 838 Pts	64-Core 2,323 144% 2,323 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 149 Parallax 125 108% 136 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 130 Splatting 110 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 784GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1301 1139 1183 1135 1115 1193 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 1,952 Write 1,726 Mixed 803 SusWrite 1,178 316% 1,415 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 47.8 197% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,150 DQ Write 942 DQ Mixed 922 724% 1,005 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 213GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 287 297 310 281 299 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 424 Mixed 385 SusWrite 306 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 48.2 180% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 457GB free Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1362 1344 1396 1293 1259 1352 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 1,832 Write 1,310 Mixed 913 SusWrite 1,334 301% 1,347 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 52.7 205% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,129 DQ Write 929 DQ Mixed 1,015 764% 1,025 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 363%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 335GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 76 80 77 77 82 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 113 Write 98.8 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 79.4 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-012.A00G 2x8GB 1,882 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.1% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 16.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 10.5 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 86%

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Gaming 98%

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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 $462Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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