MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.2% 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	89.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (44%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190821
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '19 at 15:55
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 89.5 2-Core 179 73% 121 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 668 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13AD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 105 Parallax 91.3 89% 102 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 114 Splatting 101 104% 131 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 467 183 152 156 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 467 Write 468 Mixed 389 SusWrite 263 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 38.2 139% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 297 218% 281 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 607GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 168 169 170 170 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 183 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 169 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 28.2 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 28.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 104%

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

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Typical MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) Builds (Compare 7,263 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 114%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) - $150

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $295Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,809x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,603x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,247x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	748x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	555x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	398x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	302x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	213x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	264x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	249x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 16,423 samples	218x

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Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $754

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $40	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