MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% 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	93.1% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

8 days ago, 8 days ago, 8 days ago, 8 days ago, 4 days ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 16:37
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9500F 996 User benchmarks, average bench 89% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 89.5 2-Core 181 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 518 56% 436 Pts	64-Core 520 35% 520 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$450 345,122 User benchmarks, average bench 106% Gigabyte(1458 3FDA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3575 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 128 Parallax 144 112% 137 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 136 Splatting 117 116% 147 fps
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 118%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$110 121,147 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 81 81 81 81 82 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 482 Mixed 406 SusWrite 137 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 45.4 156% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 63,832 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 26.5 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 21.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 102%

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

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Gaming 116%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 109%

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Motherboard: MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) - $269

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $287Bench 97%, 395,338 samples	2,245x
Core i5-9600KIntel $217Bench 94%, 244,222 samples	2,211x
Core i9-9900KIntel $379Bench 97%, 360,190 samples	1,255x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 432,191 samples	1,176x
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 345,122 samples	777x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia $480Bench 99%, 218,515 samples	646x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $80Bench 284%, 282,296 samples	498x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $80Bench 271%, 348,381 samples	352x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $66Bench 107%, 556,834 samples	289x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $120Bench 83%, 223,106 samples	452x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 429,937 samples	383x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 162,324 samples	341x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,266

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $180	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10600K $215	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16