MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	120% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	57.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '21 at 01:25
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (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 i7-8700K-$199 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 844 80% 663 Pts	64-Core 1,075 66% 1,075 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.47 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 113 Parallax 131 104% 124 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 125 Splatting 104 108% 137 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 2TB 2,668 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 237GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 448 473 468 468 459 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 457 Mixed 436 SusWrite 465 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 53.7 178% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 123GB 4,404 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 69GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 23 22 22 22 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 138 Write 57.1 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 32.8 86% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.6 137% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-178.A00G 4x16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 27.7 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 100%

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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) - $145

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $262Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,838x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,622x
Core i9-9900KIntel $415Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,260x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	765x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	560x
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	403x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	346x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	306x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	215x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	267x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	251x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 16,423 samples	220x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $741

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16