MSI X299 TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	308% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B05
Motherboard	MSI X299 TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7B05) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170605
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '19 at 22:40
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$130 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 244 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 792 79% 643 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Device(0000 0000) 768MB CLim: 675 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 768MB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Lighting 14.5 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 12.8 12% 14.7 fps	MRender 19.5 Gravity 14.5 Splatting 14.4 13% 16.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1672 1618 1618 1614 1594 1623 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	308% Outstanding	Read 2,363 Write 1553 Mixed 772 SusWrite 1,623 351% 1,578 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 69.5 245% 89.6 MB/s	DQ Read 962 DQ Write 787 DQ Mixed 827 632% 858 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 308% Great: 353%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 250GB 1,970 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 179GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	20.7% Poor	Read 41.7 Write 41.5 Mixed 41 SusWrite 42.1 9% 41.6 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 15.5 4K Mixed 14.9 49% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 26.6 DQ Mixed 27.5 21% 27.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 98%
WD Gold 6TB (2016) -$183 2,043 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 325GB free Firmware: 01.01M02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 104 109 112 111 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 111 Write 116 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 108 71% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.6 190% 2 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 121%
WD WD1502FYPS-01U1B1 1.5TB 643 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 353GB free Firmware: 04.05G05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 82 81 81 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 80.6 Write 74.1 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 80.9 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.8% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 24.3 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 108%

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

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Gaming 98%

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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 $273	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 $15	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