MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	83.1% 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	91.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '19 at 23:10
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$412 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 306 94% 174 Pts	4-Core 613 8-Core 1,143 105% 878 Pts	64-Core 1,688 104% 1,688 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3128 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 95.4 Parallax 89.3 86% 96.9 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 81.5 76% 95.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 279 242 261 227 243 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 477 Mixed 382 SusWrite 278 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 38.8 139% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 326 247% 332 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 99%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 239GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 467 467 467 417 390 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 470 Mixed 444 SusWrite 445 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 51.9 168% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 292 238% 337 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 125%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 5,027 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 222GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2278 586 605 609 607 607 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 66% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 229GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 133 136 136 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 71.5 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 135 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 4x8GB 10,297 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 26 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 28.6 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 103%

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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	1,596x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,239x

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 $76Bench 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 $65Bench 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: $770

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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