MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	168% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B05
Motherboard	MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170612
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '18 at 19:27
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$206 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 79.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 738 72% 591 Pts	64-Core 904 56% 904 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$230 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 207 Parallax 191 144% 192 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 173 Splatting 130 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 9,737 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 638GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 913 902 903 863 669 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,291 Write 609 Mixed 544 SusWrite 776 179% 805 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 40.6 150% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 450 DQ Write 602 DQ Mixed 219 251% 423 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 251%
WD WD80PUZX-64NEAY0 8TB 356 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 80.H0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 157 170 160 171 172 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 116 Write 124 Mixed 71 SusWrite 167 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 214% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GB 17,710 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.2% Good	MC Read 19 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 17.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 10.8 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 97%

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

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Typical X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05) Builds (Compare 116 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 ARCTIC (MS-7B05)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $206Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	30x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	22x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $230Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	15x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	11x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	10x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	9x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	6x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	39x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	18x
8x8GBUnknownBench 94%, 4,255 samples	17x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $26	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16