MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	251% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B05
Motherboard	MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05) (all builds)
Memory	57.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180731
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '19 at 12:49
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 78 1-Core 125 2-Core 209 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 686 65% 540 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 193 Parallax 189 141% 185 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 178 Splatting 123 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 6,967 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 484GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1187 1126 1135 1145 1142 1146 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 1,671 Write 1,408 Mixed 866 SusWrite 1,147 285% 1,273 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 65.1 221% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,160 DQ Write 911 DQ Mixed 994 755% 1,021 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 294%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 897GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 165 161 166 167 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 148 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 164 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 138 144 145 132 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 121 Write 100 Mixed 68 SusWrite 140 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUS726040ALA610 4TB 330 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: A5GNT907 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 99 102 104 100 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 99.3 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 102 61% 84 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.3 171% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 4x16GB 2,802 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 61.3 MC Mixed 29.7 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 10.1 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 84.3 48% 84.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 112%

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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 ARCTIC (MS-7B05)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	29x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	22x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	15x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	11x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	10x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	9x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	6x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	39x
8x8GBUnknownBench 94%, 4,255 samples	17x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	17x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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