MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.5% 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	193% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201010
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '21 at 21:40
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 87.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 97% 179 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 879 92% 738 Pts	64-Core 882 55% 882 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 105 Parallax 150 80% 118 fps	MRender 88.5 Gravity 106 Splatting 75.6 72% 89.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 2TB 9,415 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1934 862 263 521 190 515 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1142 Write 2,122 Mixed 1279 SusWrite 714 298% 1,314 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 66.7 214% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 965 DQ Write 707 DQ Mixed 828 621% 833 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 368%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 146 148 148 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 156 Write 132 Mixed 90.9 SusWrite 147 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$85 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 141 139 139 145 142 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 92 Write 118 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 139 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 2,740 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 24: 3R 2G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
24%	12%	68	323	240	60	27.2"	2194 1234	GSM7707 LG HDR 4K

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Typical MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) Builds (Compare 7,236 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,800x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,598x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,241x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	744x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	553x
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 $95Bench 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 $63Bench 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: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $765

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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