MSI X299 TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.6% 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	139% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B05
Motherboard	MSI X299 TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7B05) (all builds)
Memory	59.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '19 at 04:37
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7960X-$347 2,322 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 236 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 1,004 86% 738 Pts	64-Core 2757 171% 2757 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 115 Parallax 102 83% 107 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 92.3 78% 95.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 239GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 511 533 523 225 100 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 1,549 Write 423 Mixed 523 SusWrite 330 154% 706 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 29.9 136% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 370 DQ Mixed 376 282% 374 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 182%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 12GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 72 70 74 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 412 Write 75.3 Mixed 124 SusWrite 70.8 37% 171 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 35.5 129% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 96.1 DQ Write 77 DQ Mixed 86.5 65% 86.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 70%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 766GB free Firmware: RT18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 96 94 96 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 50 Write 111 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 94.1 51% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 0.6 238% 3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 87%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 217GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 66 68 68 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 75.2 Write 66.3 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 68 49% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 83%
StoreJet Transcend 2TB 4,473 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 111 110 111 114 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 106 Write 110 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 112 133% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 52%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 53GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 52 53 54 51 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 48.7 Write 44.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 52.7 67% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.7 169% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x16GB 9,153 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	MC Read 49.5 MC Write 71.2 MC Mixed 46.9 160% 55.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 10.4 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 140%

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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 $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	46x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	26x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	15x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16