MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% 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	297% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190821
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 05:01
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 787 82% 656 Pts	64-Core 1,076 67% 1,076 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 181 Parallax 180 155% 184 fps	MRender 207 Gravity 167 Splatting 116 128% 163 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1832 1954 1920 2017 1802 1864 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,478 Write 2014 Mixed 1,397 SusWrite 1,898 436% 1,947 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 64.7 234% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 84.1 99% 173 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 393%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 341GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 471 463 466 901 496 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$160 8,291 User benchmarks, average bench 359% 1.5TB free Firmware: RKT401.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1328 2292 2337 2319 2303 2253 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	312% Outstanding	Read 1,712 Write 1,351 Mixed 1,728 SusWrite 2,139 391% 1,733 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 66.5 207% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 1,311 DQ Write 834 DQ Mixed 961 746% 1,036 MB/s
Poor: 207% ↑ This bench: 312% Great: 500%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 104GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 86 85 86 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 86.6 Write 76.9 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 84.5 58% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3866 C18 2x8GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 20.2 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 120%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 7,237 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) - $200

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,800x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,599x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,241x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	744x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	553x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	396x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	299x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	212x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	264x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	249x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 16,423 samples	216x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $768

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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