MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	199% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B05
Motherboard	MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171122
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '19 at 18:26
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$140 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 as expected (50^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 269 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 786 75% 618 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 74.9 63% 76.5 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 73 Splatting 75.5 60% 73.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 236 231 229 227 224 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1850 Write 1,296 Mixed 453 SusWrite 272 213% 967 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 51.2 207% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 1,050 DQ Write 1,013 DQ Mixed 796 663% 953 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: HP16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 175 145 175 145 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 157 Mixed 83.6 SusWrite 159 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 97%

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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 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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Total price: $744

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