MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics110% 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 Drive22.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B18
MotherboardMSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190326
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 02 '22 at 18:34
Run Duration228 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-9400F-$98
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 90
1-Core 121
2-Core 244
85% 152 Pts
4-Core 485
8-Core 600
70% 543 Pts
64-Core 624
39% 624 Pts
Poor: 72%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 91%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 119
Parallax 136
112% 131 fps
MRender 185
Gravity 133
Splatting 111
113% 143 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28
24GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1D2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 79 56 53 31 56 MB/s
Performing below potential (0th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
22.9% Poor
Read 99.9
Write 28.9
Mixed 55.1
SusWrite 50.7
13% 58.6 MB/s
4K Read 12.2
4K Write 28.6
4K Mixed 0
34% 13.6 MB/s
DQ Read 118
DQ Write 195
DQ Mixed 153
117% 155 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 22.9%
Great: 100%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139
836GB free
Firmware: RVT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 391 471 461 458 458 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
123% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 461
Mixed 433
SusWrite 450
104% 459 MB/s
4K Read 46.6
4K Write 88.7
4K Mixed 57.2
191% 64.2 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 349
264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 123%
Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
636GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 177 184 181 181 181 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 155
Mixed 88.2
SusWrite 181
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 102%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TL8G36818C-I2PSAAS 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
82.6% Excellent
MC Read 33.7
MC Write 31.2
MC Mixed 24.7
85% 29.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 30.3
SC Mixed 20.7
65% 22.9 GB/s
Latency 67.3
59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 74%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) Builds (Compare 7,279 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 114%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 100%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 105%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) - $150

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 114% - Outstanding Total price: $723
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