MSI X299 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.1% 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	114% 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.

High background CPU (25%). 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	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170605
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '20 at 21:46
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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-$130 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 way below expectations (16^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 132 2-Core 250 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 622 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 108 Parallax 84.2 81% 97.3 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 117 Splatting 95.4 84% 104 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Force MP300 480GB 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 557 388 392 391 396 382 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 806 Mixed 560 SusWrite 418 129% 567 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 25.8 128% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 818 DQ Write 614 DQ Mixed 720 537% 718 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 165%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 40GB free Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 275 290 262 184 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 443 Write 256 Mixed 197 SusWrite 244 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 32.1 128% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 126 130% 215 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 91%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 197GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 83 83 83 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 120 Write 118 Mixed 110 SusWrite 81.9 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.2% 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 (6^th percentile)	66% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 111%

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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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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 $130Bench 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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	15x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	12x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $859

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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