MSI X299 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.6% 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	151% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B05
Motherboard	MSI X299 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B05) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170605
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '20 at 18:26
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$189 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 below expectations (29^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 202 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 720 69% 570 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.6% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 136 Parallax 115 97% 123 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 127 Splatting 99.5 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Force MP300 480GB 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 655 489 498 510 509 498 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 784 Write 946 Mixed 808 SusWrite 526 173% 766 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 44.8 165% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 938 DQ Write 749 DQ Mixed 835 627% 841 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 165%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 40GB free Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 209 173 184 178 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 458 Write 292 Mixed 203 SusWrite 194 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 34.2 142% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 124 128% 211 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 91%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 351GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 120 122 121 121 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 107 Write 103 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 120 72% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.7 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 21.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 111%

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

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B05)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	45x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	45x
Core i7-7740XIntel $189Bench 87%, 5,094 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	22x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	16x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	15x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	12x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	10x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	8x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	38x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	30x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	16x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16