MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '18 at 12:01
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 127 2-Core 238 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 666 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 952 59% 952 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69% Good	Lighting 91.5 Reflection 108 Parallax 88.4 75% 95.9 fps	MRender 85.1 Gravity 65.5 Splatting 66 58% 72.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE200 SSD 240GB 4,783 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 104 98 99 97 97 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 442 Write 280 Mixed 328 SusWrite 127 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 30.6 117% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 190 171% 258 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 893GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 89 88 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 81 Write 82.3 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 87.9 58% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 22.1 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 14.3 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 95%

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

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) - $200

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,800x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,599x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,241x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	744x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	553x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	396x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	299x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	212x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	264x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	249x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 16,423 samples	216x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $768

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 $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