MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


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 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.3% 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	97.7% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181114
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '22 at 17:49
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 i5-8400-$120 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 639 71% 557 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.95 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.3% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 99.7 Parallax 90.7 82% 96.9 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 91.7 Splatting 77.6 72% 88.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 311 306 314 312 314 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 313 Mixed 291 SusWrite 311 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 36.6 144% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 232 203% 303 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 129%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 928GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 30 30 30 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 86 Write 28.3 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 30.3 33% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 987GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 175 181 180 180 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 149 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 178 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 78% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 106%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 7.8 7.8 5.4 7.8 7.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	2.9% Terrible	Read 8.2 Write 4.5 Mixed 6 SusWrite 7.3 8% 6.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.9% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-4GVR 04CD F4-2400C15-4GVR 04CD F4-2133C15-4GVR 04CD F4-2133C15-4GVR 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 77%

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Typical MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) Builds (Compare 7,316 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) - $150

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $245Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,827x
Core i5-9600KIntel $136Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,614x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,255x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	759x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	558x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	402x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	346x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	303x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	213x

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: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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