MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	82% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 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 16:49
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th 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 1,706 User benchmarks, average bench 90% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 257 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 633 70% 554 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 3FDA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3625 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 120 Parallax 135 106% 128 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 126 Splatting 110 109% 138 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 80 82 82 83 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 434 Write 85.9 Mixed 192 SusWrite 91.9 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 42.6 139% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 344 259% 347 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 26 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 26.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.3% 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 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	1,804x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,602x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,244x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	744x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	555x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	398x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	300x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	213x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 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: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $761

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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