MSI X299 TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.4% 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	138% 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.

Run History

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 23 '19 at 05:10
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 81.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 242 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 988 87% 737 Pts	64-Core 2,770 172% 2,770 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.3% 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 (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 115 Parallax 102 84% 106 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 89.3 77% 94.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 517 515 536 230 94 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 1,507 Write 417 Mixed 510 SusWrite 330 151% 691 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 30 137% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 378 283% 376 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 182%
G-tech G-SPEED -VOL#00 8TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 360GB free Firmware: R001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 137 130 129 137 124 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.2% Below average	Read 270 Write 270 Mixed 281 SusWrite 130 54% 238 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 10.1 4K Mixed 10.1 33% 10.1 MB/s	DQ Read 70 DQ Write 65.6 DQ Mixed 67.6 51% 67.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 57%
Lacie Rugged USB-C 4TB 678 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 653GB free Firmware: 1153 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 55.3 Write 70.5 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 64.8 50% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.9 236% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 766GB free Firmware: RT18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 106 107 103 105 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 71 Write 74.7 Mixed 26 SusWrite 105 50% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 0.6 255% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 87%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 217GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 72 71 71 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 69.3 Write 69.3 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 70.9 52% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 60GB free Firmware: CC3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 103 102 98 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 101 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 68%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 51GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 37 37 32 37 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	30% Poor	Read 34.2 Write 34.5 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 35.2 44% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.7 216% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 59%
StoreJet Transcend 2TB 4,473 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 116 116 117 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 83.7 Mixed 59 SusWrite 115 121% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.7 166% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 52%

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 (95^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	MC Read 50 MC Write 71.3 MC Mixed 49.4 163% 56.9 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 10.5 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 138% 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 $455Bench 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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $37	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