MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180927
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '20 at 17:01
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 229 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 448 59% 443 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2313) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 141 Parallax 193 110% 156 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 137 Splatting 93.6 92% 115 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE360000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 75 75 67 67 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 412 Write 116 Mixed 175 SusWrite 69.3 42% 193 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 16.8 71% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 27.8 DQ Mixed 41.5 38% 61.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 53%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 632GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 176 180 180 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 78.3 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 177 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	41.7% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 11.4 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 11.7 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 47%

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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 $258Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,799x
Core i5-9600KIntel $164Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,596x
Core i9-9900KIntel $427Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,239x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	744x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	552x
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 $76Bench 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 $65Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	264x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	248x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 16,423 samples	216x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $776

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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