MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.9% 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	68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190821
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '22 at 16:47
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$259 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 68.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 273 85% 160 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 902 88% 722 Pts	64-Core 918 57% 918 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.9% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 159 Parallax 120 91% 130 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 106 Splatting 98.2 99% 125 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU750 1TB 2,753 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 656GB free (System drive) Firmware: XA051R21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 35 76 99 80 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 406 Write 356 Mixed 198 SusWrite 79.7 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 37.1 122% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 131 118% 184 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$48 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 829GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 107 108 105 103 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 114 Write 86.3 Mixed 67 SusWrite 105 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 74% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 106%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 137 138 138 140 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 84 Write 55.5 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 138 63% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK32GX4M4B3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK32GX4M4B3200C16 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 19 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 109%

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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) - $135

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $259Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,844x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,628x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,261x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	767x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	561x
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	405x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $63Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	346x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 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: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $722

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359